During the Christmas Break, I was anxious about TOK. My questions were, What is TOK? Is TOK similar to philosophy? How will my interaction be between me and Mrs. Biela? And will I have to answer questions about knowing how do stuff, or about knowing about stuff, I soon found out the answers to these questions in my first week of TOK. On my first day of TOK class, I was nervous I saw my classmates and Mrs. Biela. Mrs. Biela said to us in class that In TOK we will be answering more questions about knowing that and not knowing how. Then, I said to myself “Wow, this going to work out pretty well for me it is a small class & Mrs. Biela can help me if I need it.” I said this to myself because the TOK class I was in was small, & it would help me
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At the center of the circle is the knower, which is me (the center of the universe). The next question begs to ponder HOW does the knower get information about how to do stuff? The knower first gets information through the ways of knowing because one has to know a way to get to the information in order to get the information. Next, the once the knower has gotten through the ways of knowing, the knower uses the areas of knowledge to figure out what kind of specific information what the knower is looking for, by looking at what specific subject that topic the knower is looking for deals with. The Ways of Knowing are Emotion, Reason, Sense, Perception, Language, Imagination, Faith, Intuition, & Memory. The Areas of Knowledge are Mathematics, Natural Science, Human Science, History, The Arts, Ethics, and Religious Knowledge Systems & Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Finally here are some sample knowledge issues questions, I was able to come up with based on truth. Are math truths universal and timeless? Is the scientific method the best way of finding the truth? Do human beings have any privileged access to truth? Does the history of ideas suggest we are getting closer to the truth? What relation, if any, is there between beauty and truth? Is truth more important than happiness? How far can our senses be trusted to give us the truth? Does language hide the truth more than it reveals
At the center of the circle is the knower, which is me (the center of the universe). The next question begs to ponder HOW does the knower get information about how to do stuff? The knower first gets information through the ways of knowing because one has to know a way to get to the information in order to get the information. Next, the once the knower has gotten through the ways of knowing, the knower uses the areas of knowledge to figure out what kind of specific information what the knower is looking for, by looking at what specific subject that topic the knower is looking for deals with. The Ways of Knowing are Emotion, Reason, Sense, Perception, Language, Imagination, Faith, Intuition, & Memory. The Areas of Knowledge are Mathematics, Natural Science, Human Science, History, The Arts, Ethics, and Religious Knowledge Systems & Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Finally here are some sample knowledge issues questions, I was able to come up with based on truth. Are math truths universal and timeless? Is the scientific method the best way of finding the truth? Do human beings have any privileged access to truth? Does the history of ideas suggest we are getting closer to the truth? What relation, if any, is there between beauty and truth? Is truth more important than happiness? How far can our senses be trusted to give us the truth? Does language hide the truth more than it reveals