Mr. Kuykendall's online classroom
A major critique of the “living wage” regulation adopted by some states (california) and suggested for a the federal government to implement is the worry that it would create large economic ripple effects such as raising the price of goods. In this video, slate magazine …
This is both hilarious and intellectually relevant to both IB psychology and TOK as it deals with the way of knowing of Perception and the specific concept of “mental sets” in perceptual construction in IB psychology. See how foodies react to mcdonalds food when they’re …
Read the article from The Atlantic below: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/the-culture-of-shut-up/360239/ and then consider the following: Do you think the fictional village in the rain forest is an accurate portrayal of america? What is the harm of such methods of press and discourse? What explains the Polarity within …
ISIS is horrible. The Islamic State is horribly intolerant, violent, and oppressive. There is no doubting this unless you are a fellow Islamic extremist. Read this EXCELLENT primer on ISIS by Graeme Wood from The Atlantic (world’s greatest magazine) below: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/ Further Interesting and relevant …
You’re all required to fill out the following form for the presentation, it’s a fillable PDF: Theory_of_knowledge_Presentation form to fill out NEW
#6…..What is Truth? Is truth possible? Lastly, does it even matter if something is true or not? #5….Consider a piece of culture…the movie HER for example, or Fight Club, or even another work of literature/philosophy…Thoreau’s Walden comes to mind…how does the creator of that cultural artifact …
The 2015 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 the 2015 Titles …
As an introduction to ETHICS, move through this incredibly excellent introduction to ethics, ethical hypocrisy, kantian ethics and utilitarianism: http://www.philosophyexperiments.com/fatman/Default.aspx One of the heaviest hitters in the philosophical world of ethics is German Philosopher Emanuel Kant. Kant wrote at length on a variety of topics and …
We’ve already discussed various questions that the Human Sciences concern themselves with. We discussed that many of these questions are “Normative” in nature…meaning they concern themselves with what humans OUGHT to do. Dilemmas of behavior that people face are referred to as MORAL DILEMMAS or …
After we’ve read about Simulation Theory, Expansionary theory and now watched the incredible “Fabric of the Cosmos” by NOVA and Brian Greene, your mind is probably (and hopefully) spinning. If you began our math unit certain that the laws of physics and mathematics were “in …