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Back to HOME ToK LEXICON HOW DO WE INTERPRET OUR KNOWLEDGE? An investigation introducing two Ways of Knowing: Reason and Emotion
 * ~ It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. ** Bertrand Russell (1950) ** ||

** Bhagavad Gita ** || IB SUBJECT GUIDE (IBO, 2006) QUESTIONS: NATURE OF REASON REASON AND KNOWLEDGE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF REASON REASON LINKING QUESTIONS NATURE OF EMOTION EMOTION AND KNOWLEDGE EMOTION LINKING QUESTIONS
 * ~ [Emotion] has the advantage of being open to all, the weak and the lowly, the illiterate and the scholar. It is seen to be as efficacious as any other method and is sometimes said to be stronger than the others, since it is its own fruition, while other methods are means to some other ends.
 * Essential Questions**
 * REASON**
 * EMOTION**


 * WEEK || TOPIC || ACTIVITIES/ RESOURCES || RESOURCES ||
 * 1 || Logic || Hypothetical-Deductive Game (Dombrowski p81) or Scissors game presentation and discussion

Argument construction- terminology and logic-

This could be extension task The IB Genie (Dombrowski pp65-7) illustration of how reason reveals new knowledge. || *


 * [[file:dullwitch/Deductive logic.ppt|Deductive logic.ppt]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Logic - complete the syllogism.docx|Logic - complete the syllogism.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Deductive Logic Exercises.docx|Deductive Logic Exercises.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Syllogism practice with Venn diagrams.doc|Syllogism practice with Venn diagrams.doc]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Your turn- valid & invalid arguments.doc|Your turn- valid & invalid arguments.doc]]


 * [[file:Ten common fallacies- explanation and examples.doc]]
 * [[file:Ten examples of logical fallacies (DCS).docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Test your fallacious knowledge.docx|Test your fallacious knowledge.docx]]
 * Logical fallacies- further practice
 * [[file:Additional Fallacies.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Ferocious_fallacies.pdf|Ferocious_fallacies.pdf]]
 * [[file:Reason as a way of knowing.doc|Reason as a way of knowing.doc]] ||
 * 2 || =The Problems of Logic= || What is induction? When do we use it? When does it let us down? Mathematical induction. How induction works in Science. Induction versus deduction:

Testing inductive arguments: The problem of induction - jumping to conclusions based on insufficient evidence- this exercise illustrates how we often jump to conclusions on the basis of insufficient evidence. In the same way, there is no hard and fast rule about how many observations must be made before we can make a generalisation.

Problems of traditional logic (see Abel p52-7). || *
 * [[file:dullwitch/Inductive reasoning.docx|Inductive reasoning.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/RET test.docx|RET test.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Jump to conclusions.docx|Jump to conclusions.docx]]
 * [[file:Problems with Logic from Abel's Man is the Measure.pdf]]

Read [|short story]by Li Xun (1920), identify emotions of participants Discuss classification of emotions Emotional collage activity - creative projects, each student illustrates an emotion. Peer assessment. || * Mindmap: How do we interpret our knowledge? Begin with Reason and Emotion branches. Whole class activity online or poster. Emotion and knowledge: Emotions- nature or nurture? Do emotions cause physical changes? or do physical symptoms cause emotions? Emotion- does it act as an obstacle to knowledge? || * The role of emotion in decision-making: Does emotion play any part in choosing a breakfast cereal?: Radiolab podcast //'Overcome by emotion'//
 * Discussion Questions for Criticisms of Logic from Man is the Measure ||
 * 3 || Emotion || Starter: Class constructs cloud of emotion words.
 * @Student Emotion Collages ||
 * 4 || What is Emotion? || [|The Heart has its Reasons] audio programme (30 min) - students' preparation for this topic. Write notes.
 * @Knowledge and emotion
 * @Emotion- a help or a hinderance?
 * [|Radiolab- 'Overcome by Emotion'] ||
 * 5 || Reason vs Emotion || The role of reason in decision-making: Radiolab podcast "//Choice//" (1 hour) - student HW to listen to it.

What is intuition? What is introspection? //When do we disregard explanations we find intuitively appealing?//

//Watch Twelve Angry Men// || * Radiolab- [|Choice]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Fairmindedness_emotion.pdf|Fairmindedness_emotion.pdf]]
 * [[file:Emotional case-studies.docx]]

__Optional Tangent on Intuition (If Time)__
 * [[file:dullwitch/Intuition- introduction.docx|Intuition- introduction.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Intuition.pptx|Intuition.pptx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/8_The-Spider-&-The-Fly.pdf|The-Spider-&-The-Fly.pdf]]


 * [[file:dullwitch/Theory of Knowledge-12 Angry Men.docx|Theory of Knowledge-12 Angry Men.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Fallacies and 12 Angry Men.docx|Fallacies and 12 Angry Men.docx]]
 * [[file:dullwitch/Introduction to the ways of knowing.ppt|12 Angry Men and the ways of knowing.ppt]] ||
 * 6 || Essay task || Intuition-Way of Knowing? || [[file:Emotion as a Gateway to Knowledge Essay.doc]]
 * [[file:Writing a TOK Essay[1].docx]] ||

'A mind all //logic// is like a //knife// all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.'

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