Theory of Knowledge: Knowledge

TOK is a course about critical thinking and inquiring into the process of knowing, rather than about learning a specific body of knowledge. The TOK course examines how we know what we claim to know. It does this by analyzing knowledge claims and explore knowledge questions.  A knowledge claim is the assertion that “I/we know X” or “I/we know how to Y”, or a statement about knowledge; a knowledge question is an open question about knowledge. There is a distinction between shared knowledge and personal knowledge that is important to TOK.

How do you know? 

Knowledge Questions are questions about knowledge, that may take this form

• What counts as evidence for _________________?
• What makes a good explanation in ________________?
• How do we judge which is the best model of _________________?
• How can we be sure of ____________________?
• What does _________________ mean in the real world? 
• How do we know whether it is right to __________________?