Women used to shrink from creating art. Now they're taking over. And I think I know why

I found this interesting article while I was researching for my TOK essay.

TOK and Philosophy

I have heard from many people that TOK is not in anyway similar to Philosophy. Consequently, I will like know exactly the differences between TOK and Philosophy.

Why not Ethics ?

We have been repeatedly advised to avoid questions on ethics as much as possible in our presentations. I will simply like to know from anyone who has answers (particularly TOK teachers) what exactly we have not been equipped with in order to efffectively tackle these questions.

TOK Essay: Question 2

Examine the ways empirical evidence should be used to make progress in different areas of knowledge.

In this context, is it right to consider progress as "getting closer to the truth"?

knowledge issues and assessment tasks

Hi Everyone,

Nice to see the blog picking up a little after the vacation.

I would like to say that the lesson we had today (and the follow-up tomorrow) are crucially important for you to be successful in your essay and presentation.

We will be going through a number of activities to help you with these tasks, but this one is arguably the most important. Please make sure that you have taken down all the information presented in lessons this week for your own good.

The entire success of your presentation rests on your being able to formulate a REAL LIFE SITUATION and a KNOWLEDGE ISSUE that are properly connected.

The entire success of your essay depends on your being able to formulate KNOWLEDGE ISSUES from the prescribed titles and illustrate them using EXAMPLES (which are the essay's equivalent of real life situations).

Right, Wrong, Scenario

Recently, we had a discussion in class on ethics that resulted in me rethinking and modifying certain beliefs.

We were given certain scenarios on which a character was faced with an ethical dilemma. In one the persona 'had' to steal to get to his friends wedding at which he was supposed to be the best man. In another an IB teacher was torn between reporting a student he caught cheating and destroying his life, and letting the situation go (or take some other kind of action).

There are certain values i hold dear, like honesty and intergrity but I have recently also had to consider scenarios... If the situation was such that the bride would die of cancer the next day, and it was unequivicably imperative that the bestman was present, and his only means of getting there was by stealing..., as far as I'm concerned right and wrong becomes muddled up. I believe that there is no right or wrong, only scenario...not completely, otherwise we would not have a credible world, but to a large extent (maybe 70%).

What would you say?

Questions that you may not be able to answer...

1, When you think of a number, for example 7, what color do you think it has?
2, When you think of a days of a week, for example friday, what color do you think it has?
3, When you think of alphabet, like E, what color do you think it has?

It is better if you could give reasons for your answers. Thank you!