TK through ENGLISH B – DEBATES
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MARIA PRO
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FRANCISCO JAVIER CARRERA
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CAROLINA VINUEZA
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REBECA PRECIADOS
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ROCÍO MARTÍNEZ
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ARANTXA AMÉRIGO
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CLAUDIA OJEDA
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ENRIQUE SACRISTÁN
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ALBA LÓPEZ
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PAULA ARROYO
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ANA GÓMEZ
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LETICIA BUESO-INCHAUSTI
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LAURA GONZÁLEZ
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CECILIA MOLINERO
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JORGE CERVERA
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SATYA HYLLESTED
Why do you think beggars are frowned upon?
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OLIVER BARRAGAN
Oliver Barragan – Plastic Surgery
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EMILY RADOMSKY
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CLAUDIA DANS
Why do the children share the sandwick?
Are we good or bad by nature?
How do we become a good or a bad person?
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What would it happen if animals could talk?
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What would happen if we could change the weather conditions?
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PERCEPTION
How does the world appear to be to him?
How might he sense you?
How would he feel in this room?
What is Knowledge?
From where do we get our knowledge?
How are our beliefs justified?
How do we perceive the world around us?
Do we know anything at all?
http://www.theoryofknowledge.info/
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THE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory#Article_and_book
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DECIDING WHAT TO BELIEVE
http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/theoryofk.htm
- How we decide what to believe.
- Evaluating information.
- Assessing credibility.
The theory of knowledge provides answers to the important questions: “How do you know?”, “How do you know?”, and “How do you know?”
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TK QUESTIONS
- What is the difference between “I am certain” and “it is certain”?
- Is passionate conviction ever sufficient for justifying knowledge?
- Can a machine know?
- What is the difference between knowing a friend and knowing how to swim?
- Discuss the roles of language and reason in history.
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http://theoryofknowledgestudent.com/
Here are the essay titles for this year. You need to answer one of these questions and submit it as coursework if you are taking your IB exams in 2011. Your need to write between 1200 and 1600 words and you cannot change the title in any way.
1. Consider the extent to which knowledge issues in ethics are similar to those in at least one other area of knowledge.
2. How important are the opinions of experts in the search for knowledge?
3. “Doubt is the key to knowledge” (Persian Proverb). To what extent is this true in two areas of knowledge?
4. To what extent do we need evidence to support our beliefs in different areas of knowledge?
5. To what extent are the various areas of knowledge defined by their methodologies rather than their content?
6. “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false”. Discuss this claim.
7. How can we recognise when we have made progress in the search for knowledge? Consider two contrasting areas of knowledge.
8. “Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth” (Pablo Picasso). Evaluate this claim in relation to a specific art form (for example, visual arts, literature, theatre).
9. Discuss the roles of language and reason in history.
10. A model is a simplified representation of some aspect of the world. In what ways may models help or hinder the search for knowledge?
English B - Elena Pérez 