by Dashiell Murphy, on October 9th, 2012
If martians truly did fly down to Earth just last night, drug me and remove my brain, and then fly it back to Mars to plug into a virtual reality machine, then I am not in reality, typing up this blog post. But how does one know if this happened or not?
The answer [...]
by Andrea Vega Yudico, on October 8th, 2012
While I was watching this TOK film last Friday I turned around and looked at everybody else’s expressions. Some people had a blank expression on their face, others were disgusted or surprised. Films that have no communication or dialogue create different interpretations to different people.
As the movie started, different shots of what seemed [...]
by Mr. MacKnight, on January 3rd, 2012
I received this comment by email. —etm
I have been reading about the thoughts on intuition on your site and find most of them do not actually reflect what intuition is in my experience.
Many speak about intuition coming from deep in the subconscious or from life experience, but when I teach about intuition, [...]
by Charles Goh, on December 11th, 2011
“Intuition is perception via the unconcious” – Carl Gustav Jung
I came across this quote while researching “intuition” online. Perhaps what Jung said may have some truth in it. When we speak of the brain and its processing, we refer to the unconcious/subconcious and concious brain. Since I despise talking about supernatural intuition and [...]
by Angel, on December 9th, 2011
Today in TOK, we discussed intuition and whether or not it can be used as part of our knowledge and whether or not we can use it as a way to find more knowledge. I believe that it is part of our knowledge and will sometimes help us find more knowledge. I believe that [...]
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Important Dates Y12 Orals: May 22, May 31, June 5, June 7.
June 11: Y12 TOK Day
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"The arts, ideas, natural beauty, and good conversation provide lasting pleasure."
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"The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it."
—Werner Vogels
Your Daily Chinese Character
Comments . . . . . . are open only to students of the class, but if you are a non-student and would like to comment you can email Mr. MacKnight at ericmacknight AT mac DOT com.
Is TOK a Philosophy Course? YES, in the sense that the name of the course itself is in any dictionary effectively synonymous with "epistemology."
NO, in the sense that IB-specific ToK has many philosophical elements, but is not just philosophy. ToK is at root an interdiscipinary course that allows students to become aware of how the six subject-groups on the corners on the Diploma hexagon overlap and integrate. The interdisciplinary aspect is the crucial thing . . . .
—Bruce Bartlett
Le Collège français
Toronto, Canada
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"A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking."
—Steven Wright
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Webs & Chains Natura in reticulum sua genera connexit,
non in catenam: homines non possunt nisi
catenam sequi, cum non plura simul
possint sermone exponere.
Nature knits up her kinds in a network, not
in a chain; but men can follow only by
chains because their language can’t handle
several things at once.
—Albrecht von Haller (tr. Howard Nemerov)
[Epigraph to Nemerov's poem, "The Dependencies"]
About This Blog Until June 2011, this TOK blog was managed solely by Eric MacKnight. Beginning in the fall of 2011, its name changed to "DCSZ TOK Class Blog", and since then it has been used by all TOK students at Dulwich College Suzhou. The lead teacher is Julie Connah, assisted by Alan Connah and Eric MacKnight. Content posted before August 2011 was written by Eric MacKnight and his students at Suzhou Singapore International School. In August 2012 John Fitzgerald replaced Alan Connah in the DCSZ TOK team.
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