Reason and EmotionROUND 2: AUTONOMY, MASTERY, AND PURPOSE
Question
You have met the person of your dreams.
This person is funny
This person is smart
This person completes you in everyway
However, this person is between jobs
And lives in their parent’s basement
And only has an old Schwinn for transportation
What do you do?
TOK Website
Mr. Hoyes TOK website
http://mrhoyestokwebsite.com/
This is a very inspirational site to use for a resource.
The assignment
You will be able to work in groups which split the class into the magic number 9 (unless you are Japanese….then ignore the 9….it isn’t so bad) to investigate a topic related to Reason or Emotion (within a set of topics).
You will be able to use any source needed to cover that topic
You will present your findings any way you see fitting in celebration of our achievements to take place on Tuesday and Friday (or the other time we meet that week) of next week.
Topics
Deductive reasoning Inductive reasoning Informal reasoning Reason and certainty Lateral thinking Nature of emotions
Emotions as an obstacle to knowledge
Emotions as a source of knowledge
Intuition
Format
Investigate an academic source – someone who has researched this, given a TED talk on this, essentially an authority on the subject.
Be sure to: validate the source for Bias, Doubt, Certainty, etc.
Addressing: a real life situation that has motivated you to attempt to understand that issue.
Include: Knowledge claims and Knowledge questions.
Suggest further implications of your study.