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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:


 * Area of Knowledge || Possible Arguments to Consider and Research Further || Examples ||
 * Arts || We make instinctive judgments about our response to a specific piece of art or music. ||  ||
 * Natural Sciences || When we have completed performing a scientific experiment for example, we make an instinctive judgment about its validity ||  ||
 * Ethics || We make instinctive judgments all the time about moral issues - the question is whether they are truly instinctive or not ||  ||
 * || Is there such a thing as an instinctive judgement or are other ways of knowing simply working with such speed in making a judgement that we consider it to be immediate or instinctive or innate? ||  ||
 * || Have you ever experienced a situation in which your critical faculties acted as a check on an instinctive judgment? ||  ||
 * || Have you ever experienced a situation in which an instinctive judgement turned out to be correct? ||  ||
 * || Where does the ability to make instinctive judgments come from? Is it nature or nurture? Do we develop skills to be able to make better instinctive judgments? ||  ||
 * || To what extent are instinctive judgments simply emotional judgments which can't be easily explained? ||  ||

__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.