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__Arguments and Examples to Consider __

Arguments for this question are going to vary depending on how you view the key terms and assumptions in the title and the knowledge issue(s) you choose to explore. Below are a couple of ideas you could consider:


 * Students could use Kuhn’s work on paradigms as a starting point - VdL (p.382). Where does 'common groundwork' come from in AoK Natural Sciences? Through evidence or through cross-disciplinary challenges to existing paradigms?**

What are the roles of analogies in understanding?

Do we use common language across disciplines because it allows us to access our previous knowledge to help us understand new concepts? (counter example-subject specific language, i.e. utility in Economics)


 * There is an implicit need within this question to discuss whether systems of belief are compatible too. This could lead to discussion of absolutism versus relativism in AoK Ethics vs. Definite Answers in Maths.**


 * For a link to WoK the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in WoK Language could be investigated and discussed in terms of the meaning and ambiguity of words of words.**


 * Our ability to deploy WoK Reason - particularly deductive reasoning - could be useful here. Human ability to "reason backwards" (deduce) allows us to 'order' thoughts into comprehensive narratives. (There is an obvious Knower's Perspective opportunity here for a 'story' you have about a situation that may not tally with actual events - a family myth for example). If our deduction still remains uncertain we create lies and fabrications or we 'invent' order to 'make sense' of the narrative. Could it be that this 'invention' is cross-disciplinary?**


 * Obvious implication here for the deployment of artistic skill in the creation of historical knowledge.**


 * In "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell, Chapter 1 links the health prospects for residents of an American town to sociological (AoK Human Sciences) factors rather than medical/biological (AoK Natural Sciences) when comparing data on a number of local areas.**


 * Psychiatry and Psychology (both AoK Natural Sciences & AoK Human Sciences) are increasingly cross-disciplinary as MRI scans of the brain enable us to see activity in specific regions of the brain.**

Another Human Science RLE: Jared Diamonds Multi-Disiciplinary Explanation in __Guns, Germs and Steel__ and __Collapse.__

More Examples to Explore: Tracy Emin- Depicting Depression; Art vs. History's depiction of the Spanish Civil War (Guernica).

__Development Activities__ 1. Explore the potential arguments using the TOK Essay Planner. Can you create a position statement on your selected Knowledge Question?

2. Research 3-4 examples in each of the AOKs and attempt to articulate in 1-2 sentences how this example demonstrates your knowledge issue at work. Create a priority example list.

3. Attempt to add three examples to each AOK that you have experienced or are interested in further exploring.