Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

III. Methods and tools
terms: NYT New York
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40 intriguing pictures
Times
New York Times’ “What’s Going On in This
The
is an engaging starting point to begin
Picture?”
your thinking habits. The link on
identifying
page takes you to pictures like the one
this
the picture on this page or any
Consider
from the link below it.
picture
carefully at the picture you have chosen,
Look
respond to the following questions.
and
1. What is going on in the picture?
Explain why you answered question 1 as
2.
did. Include evidence for any claims
you
without comment or caption. Chosen
presented
their ambiguity, they allow for multiple
for
In thinking about what is going
interpretations.
in each picture, respondents are invited also to
on
what informs their answer and how they
consider
at it. As you form an opinion or belief
arrived
what you see in the picture, consider how
about
are encountering the uncertain, unknown
you
3. Why might the things you see be
use the following questions to guide
Next,
reflection about your claims, opinions and
your
What factors make you more likely to apply
4.
knowledge to what you see rather
past
focusing entirely on the information at
than
hand?
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above, sourced from the New York Times and
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For discussion
“What’s going on in this picture?”
happening?
beliefs.
you have made.
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