A TOK Structural Framework

Whatever I believe is real.

Only one thing exists— a single mind

All other reality is created by that mind as an act of imagination.

The creation is arbitrary and subject to arbitrary change.

“Knowledge” is a matter of perceiving what is imagined at any given moment.

“Learning” is a matter of perceiving the current “reality.”

Perception cannot be wrong. All knowledge is: temporary, arbitrary, and pointless.

Solipsi sm Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. --Philip K. Dick

Whatever is real is real, regardless of what I believe.

Things other than our own mind exist.

Knowledge is a matter of ascertaining the truth of the external reality.

Reality is both understandable and predictable to a significant degree.

Our minds have some control over reality, but what we can create is limited by the laws of physics.

Is bounded by the limitations of our ways of knowing : 20Hz – 20kHz 55kHz

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We don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know how much we don’t know. We may possibly one day know all there is to know. (That seems unlikely.) We will not be able to know if we know all that there is to know.

Perception and interpretation can be flawed. Technology cannot provide us with infinite extension of our own perception. The universe is immense; even with miraculous technology we can’t reach it all. Reality changes over time. Reality is probably NOT completely knowable

Learning requires discipline, care, objectivity, commitment, and flexibility.

Learning results in something real that can be used as the basis for decision-making.

An investigation into the limits and capabilities, the liabilities and assets of our Ways of Knowing AND An investigation into the mechanisms, both technological and procedural, within each of the Areas of Knowledge that allow us to maximize the assets and minimize the liabilities of our Ways of Knowing.

…means seeking facts

Something that is true by correspondence. Something that is true by coherence, but which has additionally been established through lengthy and careful study and rests on a vast body of evidence. (This kind of fact is not absolutely certain, but is nearly so.) Something that is true by authority.

We don’t know all the facts of the universe. We may never know all the facts of the universe. We will never know whether we know all the facts of the universe. Some facts are beyond our ability to alter. ALL facts are beyond our ability to alter simply by wishing.

To equip you to know the difference between: Developing facts based on opinions… Developing opinions based on facts. Barack Obama was born in Kenya! Actually, no. And it wouldn’t matter if he had been! and

Students learn to have as much control over their lives as possible.

Students learn to assess the quality and reliability of information so that they cannot be easily manipulated.