Journal #3
by zPrevious Student, on September 6th, 2010
we talked about subjective and objective today. we also talked about knowledge and opinion. in tok, no one will be able to say that the theory is correct or wrong. this is because there are no right answers. everyone believe that their knowledge is right and for the opinion, it does not really matter because it is your own opinion and there are no right answers to it because everyone have different opinions. who had decided to call a table ‘a table’? why could it not be ccalled a ‘chair’? These are the things which are known as knowledge. no one will be able to prove it, show it or explain it. ‘I think this taste good’ ‘I think this taste bad’ these are opinions that are subjective. It depends on people, and there are no answers for it.
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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
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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"]
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Hi Masami,
It’s essential in TOK to think and write and talk carefully. For example, when you say “there are no right answers”, this is a generalization for which exceptions can be found very quickly. For instance, what is 2 +2? There is a right answer. And it’s important to distinguish both “Ways of Knowing” and “Areas of Knowledge”; so “What is the name of this object in English?” is very different question (different AoK, different WoK) than “Does this food taste good?” Does that make sense?