Explore resources for the IB DP TOK course.
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
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These resources cover the fundamental concepts and vocabulary of TOK.
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What knowledge claims can we make about history and how can they be justified?
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Is scientific knoelwdge always pure and logical? How do we justify scientific KCs?
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Human sciences study human interactions. Can objective claims be made in this AOK?
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In mathematics there is certainty. Or is there?
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Can the arts ever be objective? Is it not all subjective opinion? (Hint: no!)
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We all must make and evaluate ethical knowledge claims, but on what basis can we do that?
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Are there different cultures that can produce equally valid knowledge claims?
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Is religious knowledge ever justifiable knowledge?
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Most knowledge is communicated through language - how can this powerful tool go wrong?
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Your senses can decieve you - when do you know if you can trust them?
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Reason and logical can act to preserve the truth - but how do you know if your premises are true?
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Are feelings appropriate justifications for knowledge claims?
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Intuition is fast judgement. Powerful and useful but dangerous and can be prone to failure.
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Can imagination produce wholly original knowledge?
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Memory is the filter of knowledge. All experience is only preserved in memory.
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Faith is belief in the absence of evidence, what role does that play outside religion?
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Found here are resources useful for supporting the TOK Presentation.
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Found here are resources useful for supporting the TOK Essay.
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