How to formulate a Knowledge Question?
1. About knowledge or knowing 2.Open ended 3.Comparative 4.Expressed in TOK vocabulary
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What is ethics?
To what extent is our ethical judgement certain? “To what extent” (open ended) “certain” (TOK vocabulary, more focused)
To what extent does our knowledge in ethics depend on reason? 1.“To what extent” (open ended) 2.“our knowledge” (related to knowledge or knowing) 3.Reason (TOK vocabulary) 4.Comparative (reason vs emotion)
There are eight Ways of Knowing : 1.Language 2.Sense perception 3.Emotion 4.Reason 5.Imagination 6.Faith 7.Intuition 8.Memory To what extent does our knowledge in ___ dependent on _________
Problems of Knowledge: Uncertainty Biases in approach Limitations Methods of verification and justification