Introduction
ral perspective Cultu s Methodology
Religion
Mathematics
Language Sense perception
Faith
How do I/ we know?
Emotion
Reason
Ethics Imagination
Natural sciences
Intuition
Human sciences
Memory The arts
M etho d olog y H ist
History
o ric a l d ev e l o p m e n t
Knowers & knowing Ways of knowing Areas of knowledge
Figure B A TOK diagram
How this book is organised This textbook consists of five main parts: 1. Knowers and knowing 2. Ways of knowing 3. Areas of knowledge 4. The big picture 5. Assessment The first three parts reflect the three main elements as shown in Figure B. 1. Knowers and knowing. Since TOK is concerned with the question ‘How do you know?’, we need to say something about the nature of knowledge. Among the questions we shall be asking are: What is knowledge? How does knowledge differ from belief? What is the difference between knowledge and information? Is knowledge primarily a personal or a shared phenomenon? How does practical knowledge differ from theoretical knowledge? How reliable are second-hand sources of knowledge such as school, the internet and the news media?
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