Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
ISIS is horrible. Evil. Terrible and Destructive. But no one debates this fact. What they do debate is what to do about it? Will putting troops on the ground and initiating a massive offensive against the group and the land they hold be akin to …
The 2016 Titles are Here and Copied Below!! But before you get writing, you gotta get unpacking! Use the document linked below, above the titles, to work to unpack one of the questions below! I will assign you to a question! unpacking 2016 titles
Read the following two pieces of stimulus material and then respond to the accompanying questions in your TOK online Journal. Read the following re: Economics: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/11/nobel-prize-economics-not-science-hubris-disaster Questions: What WOKs do economists use to construct knowledge? If their knowledge is unreliable, and they use the above …
The Human Sciences Area of Knowledge focuses on the social sciences NOT including history. Behavioral Economics is an excellent discipline to study within this AOK because it is the marriage between psychology and economics, two previously distinct social sciences. Read this primer below from Harvard …
Read the New York Magazine article below by Wesley Yang: http://nymag.com/news/features/asian-americans-2011-5/ Open your Diigo app and save the article to your TOK folder. Highlight the article as you read it. We’ll discuss this article next class!! Some things to consider: What are knowledge questions that …
Knowledge questions are a crucial component of the TOK curriculum. Fluency in their construction is necessary for high achievement on both the presentation and essay components of the TOK program. So, in order to practice creating knowledge questions, you’ll go through the following exercise. This …
Yes, watching the Matrix in TOK is definitely cliche, but whatever. It’s just too perfect for furthering our investigation of the Simulation Argument put forth by Philosopher Nick Bostrom of MIT. As well as serve as expanding our understanding of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave …
We talk a lot about ways of knowing and how they contribute to our knowledge. We evaluate knowledge claims. Today, we’re going to do both. Read the article below elucidating Berkeley and Wittgenstein’s concepts vs. materialism (keepin’ it real). Then, we’ll evaluate the claims contained …
Martin Heidegger is considered by many who opine on such things to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Certainly one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. The difficulty in comprehending his work often equals it’s greatness. With the fact that …
What is the value of art?! Since the beginning of human civilization there has always been art. What is it about an “aesthetic experience” that is such a crucial element of the human condition? Philosophy of Art: There have been many philosophers who have …