TOK-Vocabulary and Terms

TOK-Vocabulary and Terms Quarter 1 Quiz

Below is a general list of vocabulary and terms that have been used and examined in class. Some terms have been explored more than others. To prepare for Friday’s quiz go over the list and ask yourself if you understand the term. Could you apply it to any of the ways of knowing or use it appropriately in another context?

Ways of Knowing Language-Does some knowledge lie beyond language? Emotion –How reliable are our feelings and emotion? Reason-How can we justify logic? Sense Perception-How trustworthy are our senses?

Knowledge Claim Introspection Data Counter Claim Conscience Information Reliability Acquaintance Knowledge Certainty Practice Wisdom Logically Experience Evidence/Proof Instinctively Empathetically Relativism Memory Belief Absolutism Moral belief Truth Objective Faith Senses Subjective Authority Justified True Belief Empirically Counter Claim

Quiz Layout Section 1: Explain the Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom model Section 2: Identify several terms and describe them in different contexts Section 3: Essay on the ways of knowing