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Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 7
Pt. 7 – The Areas of Knowledge: Mathematics, the Natural Sciences, The Human Sciences and History What are the Areas of Knowledge The Areas of Knowledge are a bit different, these are about what we know. There are 8 Areas of Knowledge, these are: Mathematics, the Natural Sciences, the Human Sciences, History, The Arts, Ethics,…
Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 6
Pt. 6 – The Areas of Knowledge: Knowledge Frameworks What are the Areas of Knowledge? The Ways of Knowing, which we explored in the previous blog posts, is about how we know things. The Areas of Knowledge are a bit different; these are about what we know and how we produce knowledge. You might remember…
Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 5
Pt. 5 – The Ways of Knowing: Imagination, Faith, Intuition and Memory What are the Ways of Knowing All knowledge comes from somewhere. Even if we say it is innate (comes from within us) we still have to say how that knowledge appears. The Ways of Knowing are what they sound like, the methods through which knowledge…
Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 4
Pt. 4 – The Ways of Knowing: Language, Senses, Emotion and Reason What are the Ways of Knowing? All knowledge comes from somewhere. Even if we say it is innate (comes from within us) we still have to say how that knowledge appears. The Ways of Knowing are what they sound like, the methods through which knowledge becomes…
Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 3
Pt. 3 – Knowledge questions and knowledge claims (or how I mastered IB ToK achieving the best grade – and how you can too!!!) Knowledge questions and knowledge claims are super central to ToK, in fact, the subject is based on them! In this section we’re going to learn what they are. Then we’ll think…
Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 2
Pt. 2 – Types of Knowledge: Shared and Personal Divide and conquer! One good way to understand something difficult is to break it up. In ToK we are asked to look knowledge and try to understand how knowing works. One way the IB suggest we think about this is by breaking up knowledge in to…
Theory of Knowledge IB Guide | Part 1
(or how I mastered IB ToK achieving the best grade – and how you can too!!!) Pt. 1 – Theory of Knowledge?…help! Let’s Get Started! Hello and welcome to part 1 of the Theory of Knowledge guide! There’s no denying that Theory of Knowledge can be confusing. When I did the IB I struggled for…
