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Real-Life Situation
Knowledge question
(recognized)
extraction
Theory of Knowledge: Presentation Structure
Real-Life Situation
Knowledge question
(recognized)
Knowledge question(s)(developed)
extraction
progression
Theory of Knowledge: Presentation Structure
Real-Life Situation
Knowledge question
(recognized)
Knowledge question(s)(developed)
extraction
progression
Theory of Knowledge: Presentation Structure
application
Real-Life Situation
Other Real-LifeSituation
Other Real-LifeSituation
Knowledge question
(recognized)
Knowledge question(s)(developed)
extraction
progression
application
Theory of Knowledge: Presentation Structure
Example 1
Conspiracy Theories
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this structure?
Why do conspiracytheories exist?
Conspiracy
Da VinciCode
Why do conspiracytheories exist?
People believewhat’s
most appealing
Conspiracy
DifferentInterpretations ofthe same facts
Biases affectingconclusions
drawn
Da VinciCode
Why do conspiracytheories exist?
People believewhat’s
most appealing
Conspiracy
DifferentInterpretations ofthe same facts
Biases affectingconclusions
drawn
Death ofBenazir Bhutto
Death of JFKDa Vinci
Code
Example 2
Limits of Science
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this structure?
How far is sciencelimited in finding
out the truth about reality?
Documentary onthe Large
Hadron Collider
Limits of Science
Documentary onthe Large
Hadron Collider
Limits of Science
Definitions ofscience
Definition ofreality
Nature ofscientificmethod
How far is sciencelimited in finding
out the truth about reality?
Documentary onthe Large
Hadron Collider
Limits of Science
Definitions ofscience
Definition ofreality
Nature ofscientificmethod
Role oftechnology in
science
Limits of humansensory perception
Colourillusions
Problems ofinductive reasoning
Differencesbetween ‘how’ and ‘why’
questions
Incompatibilitybetween scientificand moral claims
Situations notamenable to experimentation
Astronomy
How far is sciencelimited in finding
out the truth about reality?
Documentary onthe Large
Hadron Collider
Limits of Science
Definitions ofscience
Definition ofreality
Nature ofscientificmethod
Role oftechnology in
science
Limits of humansensory perception
Colourillusions
Problems ofinductive reasoning
Differencesbetween ‘how’ and ‘why’
questions
Incompatibilitybetween scientificand moral claims
Situations notamenable to experimentation
Astronomy
Historythe past is
beyond our grasp
MathematicsAxioms must betaken for granted
Human sciencesHuman behaviouris unpredictable
Gödel’stheorem
How far is sciencelimited in finding
out the truth about reality?
Documentary onthe Large
Hadron Collider
Limits of Science
Definitions ofscience
Definition ofreality
Nature ofscientificmethod
Role oftechnology in
science
Limits of humansensory perception
Colourillusions
Problems ofinductive reasoning
Differencesbetween ‘how’ and ‘why’
questions
Incompatibilitybetween scientificand moral claims
Situations notamenable to experimentation
Astronomy
Historythe past is
beyond our grasp
MathematicsAxioms must betaken for granted
Human sciencesHuman behaviouris unpredictable
Gödel’stheorem
Successesof science?
MedicineHIV treatment
How far is sciencelimited in finding
out the truth about reality?
Documentary onthe Large
Hadron Collider
Limits of Science
Definitions ofscience
Definition ofreality
Nature ofscientificmethod
Role oftechnology in
science
Limits of humansensory perception
Colourillusions
Problems ofinductive reasoning
Differencesbetween ‘how’ and ‘why’
questions
Incompatibilitybetween scientificand moral claims
Situations notamenable to experimentation
Astronomy
Historythe past is
beyond our grasp
MathematicsAxioms must betaken for granted
Human sciencesHuman behaviouris unpredictable
Gödel’stheorem
Successesof science?
MedicineHIV treatment
How far is sciencelimited in finding
out the truth about reality?
Example 3
Claims in History
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this structure?
PresidentAhmedinejad’sdenial of the
Jewish Holocaust
Claims in History
Descriptionof Holocaust
Auschwitz
Under whatcircumstances can a
historical claim beconsidered valid?
PresidentAhmedinejad’sdenial of the
Jewish Holocaust
Claims in History
Descriptionof Holocaust
Auschwitz
Under whatcircumstances can a
historical claim beconsidered certain?
PresidentAhmedinejad’sdenial of the
Jewish Holocaust
Claims in History
Explanation ofthe concept of
validity in relationto historical evidence
Why should we careabout historical truth?
Importance of historyUnderstanding the present
Predicting the futureKnowing identity
Role of bias andInterpretation in history:
emotion, culture, etc.
Other problems:gaps, language questions,past interpreted in terms
of present, etc.
Is there aTrue history?
Descriptionof Holocaust
Auschwitz
Under whatcircumstances can a
historical claim beconsidered valid?
PresidentAhmedinejad’sdenial of the
Jewish Holocaust
Claims in History
Explanation ofthe concept of
validity in relationto historical evidence
Why should we careabout historical truth?
Importance of historyUnderstanding the present
Predicting the futureKnowing identity
Wall Street crash
Role of bias andInterpretation in history:
emotion, culture, etc.
Other problems:gaps, language questions,past interpreted in terms
of present, etc.
Phlogiston
“Witchhunt” ofcommunists in USA
Is there aTrue history?
Descriptionof Holocaust
Auschwitz
Under whatcircumstances can a
historical claim beconsidered valid?
PresidentAhmedinejad’sdenial of the
Jewish Holocaust
Claims in History
Explanation ofthe concept of
validity in relationto historical evidence
Why should we careabout historical truth?
Importance of historyUnderstanding the present
Predicting the futureKnowing identity
Role of bias andInterpretation in history:
emotion, culture, etc.
Other problems:gaps, language questions,past interpreted in terms
of present, etc.
Phlogiston
“Witchhunt” ofcommunists in USA
Is there aTrue history?
Wall Street crash
Descriptionof Holocaust
Auschwitz
Validity of claims inMathematics and
Science…
Validity of claims in Art…
Validity of claims in Ethics…
Under whatcircumstances can a
historical claim beconsidered valid?
PresidentAhmedinejad’sdenial of the
Jewish Holocaust
Claims in History
Explanation ofthe concept of
validity in relationto historical evidence
Why should we careabout historical truth?
Importance of historyUnderstanding the present
Predicting the futureKnowing identity
Role of bias andInterpretation in history:
emotion, culture, etc.
Other problems:gaps, language questions,past interpreted in terms
of present, etc.
Phlogiston
“Witchhunt” ofcommunists in USA
Is there aTrue history?
Validity of claims inMathematics and
Science…
Validity of claims in Art…
Validity of claims in Ethics…
Wall Street crash
Descriptionof Holocaust
Auschwitz ???