Who+is+the+Knower

Here are some more questions that might help clarify your understanding of this essential questions. Use the comment box to post your ideas and build on the thoughts of your classmates.
What role does personal experience play in the formation of knowledge claims?

To what extent does personal or ideological bias influence our knowledge claims?

“Whoever acquires knowledge and does not practice it resembles him who ploughs his land and leaves it unsown.” (Sa’di) Are there responsibilities that necessarily come with knowing something or knowing how to do something? To whom might these responsibilities be owed?

In the TOK diagram, the center is represented as both an individual and a group. To what extent can we distinguish between knowing as an individual and knowing as a group or community enterprise?

How much of one’s knowledge depends on interaction with other knowers?

Are there types of knowledge that are specifically linked to particular communities of knowers?

To what extent can we act individually in creating new knowledge? What are the strengths of working in a knowledge community? What are the dangers?