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Prompt 4: On what grounds might we doubt a claim?

8/31/2022

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TOK Talk · On What Grounds Might We Doubt A Claim?
To unravel this question, I met with Sarah Rodgers (DP Chemistry & MYP Science Teacher) & Alice Brookes (DP Bio & MYP Science Teacher). Together, we talk about a range of reasons we might doubt claims that are made about knowledge, and conversely what might make knowledge claims more trustworthy. We touch upon a variety of criteria, and discuss issues related to science, doubt in the time of Darwin when religion ran the world, the conflicting information about nutrition, as well as the current political climate in areas around the globe. It’s always fascinating to talk with people from different areas of the world, especially international teachers because we see things from both our own culture, our host culture, and sometimes a third global perspective as well. 

Are we immune from the challenge of doubting the norm? Should we really doubt everything? Should we question everything? Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? These are important questions to consider and I hope you take some time to think about the things you take for granted and where you’ve developed “cognitive ease” around what you believe.

Cognitive Ease a 5 min youtube video summing up Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow section on Cognitive Ease
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Once again, thank you Bernard Wun for music to bring us in and out of today’s discussion.

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Prompt 7: What are the implications of having or not having knowledge?

8/12/2022

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TOK Talk · What Are The Implications of Having, or Not Having, Knowledge?
Today I sat down with Jim Faherty, an experienced University Guidance Counsellor here in Hong Kong to exchange views on Exhibition Prompt 7 What are the implications of having or not having knowledge? Because of his background in university applications and guidance, we discussed this question in relation to how having knowledge within this realm expands and helps to refine options for future choices in a young person's life. We go beyond this, and discuss the implications of having knowledge, one of those being the responsibility to share knowledge with others. We consider the reliability of sources, which is not only relevant to university choices but to all aspects of knowing about the world. We also explore what responsibility might come with having knowledge, and the relationship of money, power and knowledge.

We discuss the implications of not having knowledge as well again in light of having access to education (and therefore certain forms of knowledge) as well as the war in Ukraine and the race for a vaccine for Covid. We begin to think about knowledge as a resource, and only begin to ponder the problem of how we could better manage this resource on the internet. I hope you enjoy this episode and think again about the implications of having or not having knowledge.

Links:
Unifrog University guidance platform
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari 
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Prompt 6: How does the way we organise or classify knowledge affect what we know?

8/3/2022

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TOK Talk · How Does The Way That We Organize Or Classify Knowledge Affect What We Know - 8:3:22, 16.02
Today I’m joined by Liu Yu, aka Mr. LY, teacher of Chinese Humanities and Assistant Principal at ISF Academy in HK. We discuss Exhibition Prompt 6: How does the way we organise or classify knowledge affect what we know? We explore Confucian values in China as a way of organising knowledge (and by extension society) within Chinese culture. We also consider language and culture as ways we organize knowledge, and explore how in our personal experiences we’ve been able to step outside our own individual cultures in order to understand more about the world. 
We also really get into the challenge of language as a way we know about the world, and the complexities of translation, as well as how having more varieties of language allows us to become more aware of the nuances of our experiences around us. There is still a lot more to discuss about this question, especially in the realms of art, science and humanities! 
Thanks again to Bernard Wun for the guitar that brings us in and out of this one! Links for further investigation: 
  • Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis ​“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Shui Hu 水虎  (Water Margin)
  • All Men Are Brothers by Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Pearl S. Buck
  • Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder. 
  • Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett
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