ToK Review: The BIG Picture in Minutes

By: Dale Smith Ph.D.
  • Summary

  • This show consists of a series of podcasts reviewing key topics in Theory of Knowledge. The first 3 episodes offer a general introduction to Theory of knowledge (Ways of Knowing, Personal and Shared knowledge, forming Knowledge Questions). The remaining podcasts cover the Areas of Knowledge. Supplementary material is available on the companion site.
    I hope these podcasts will help students prepare for topic assessments, and the ToK Essay. Sorry about the ads-the price of free podcasting!
    Dale Smith, Ph.D.
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Episodes
  • Episode 1: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
    Dec 22 2022

    In this inaugural podcast we confront the limitations of knowledge based on common sense and develop an alternate view based on the metaphor of map-making. It then examines how we determine truth within knowledge systems, followed by an examination of the implications of the first Western knowledge system, Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Supplementary material relevant to this podcast may be found on the companion site

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    9 mins
  • Episode 2: Ways of Knowing
    Dec 22 2022

    This podcast focuses on our access to the world via the Ways of Knowing and examines 4 WoK's--sense perception, language, memory, and reason. It challenges the assumptions of the unreliability of the ways of knowing, arguing that the WoK's are usually reliable and serve as our primary lifeline to experience. When they prove unreliable, it is due to the conditions imposed by our own physiological constraints, and the argument draws upon research in psychology to examine under what conditions these WoK's are and are not reliable. In each WoK, the manner in which it influences knowledge is investigated.Supplementary material relevant to this podcast may be found on the companion site

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    20 mins
  • Episode 3: Personal and Shared Knowledge & Knowledge Questions
    Dec 22 2022

    This final introductory podcast explores the two different types of knowledge investigated in ToK, personal knowledge and shared knowledge, as well as the relationship between the two. The use of knowledge question to investigate these types of knowledge is also explained. Supplementary material relevant to this podcast may be found on the companion site

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    12 mins

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