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

opinion?” might initially seem a lot more
and
Remember, a 950-word write-up
challenging.
some depth of exploration. The prompts
requires
are obviously about objects may not be the
that
choice. Once you begin developing your
best
your view may change. You may find
exhibition,
the objects and concepts that seemed like
that
choices are limiting your discussion at
obvious
level. We give further guidance about
superficial
to go into depth in your exhibition in
how
about deciding between prompts that
What
very similar? If you think prompt15
sound
constraints are there on the pursuit of
“What
is interesting to explore from an
knowledge?”
you are interested in how knowledge
Suppose
over time. Both prompt 13 “How
changes
we know that current knowledge is an
can
upon past knowledge?” and
improvement
33 “How is current knowledge shaped
prompt
its historical development?” align with this
by
Whereas prompt 13 specifically asks
interest.
improvement over time, prompt 33 is
about
more open exploration of the relationship
a
past and current knowledge. As
between
example, let’s look at developing this
an
in the context of knowledge and
exhibition
perspective, you might be conflicted
ethical
you read prompt 16 “Should some
when
not be sought on ethical grounds?”
knowledge
few prompts in the list sound alike. Keep
A
your thoughts around a cluster of
developing
and gradually settle on one prompt
questions
fits best. Remember that you need to
that
the inclusion of each object in relation
justify
the prompt, while at the same time avoiding
to
three objects should not have the
repetition—all
for a prompt that is wide enough to
Look
your different objects, but not so
encompass
that all of your objects relate to it in the
narrow
way. Consider the following example.
same
have changed what we know
techniques
Pluto.
about
suppose you settled on prompt 13. Two
Let’s
our objects could be the low- and high-res
of
of Pluto shown below. You should be
photos
to not just include other objects that
careful
the same point—that more powerful
make
tools allow us to improve our
technological
about phenomena in the world.
knowledge
to diversify your exhibition, consider,
Instead,
example, how the design of the bicycle has
for
over time and how we know whether
changed
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exact same relationship to the prompt.
2. “Selecting objects”.
technology, specifically about how imaging
or not this counts as an improvement.
Figure 12.2b
Pluto taken by New Horizons 16 hours before
Pluto taken by the Faint Object Camera of the
closest approach in July 2015. This is the raw, compressed
Figure 12.2a
Hubble Space Telescope in 1994; the highest resolution image
version seen by scientists shortly after midnight on 13 July. It
demonstrates the dramatic improvement in imaging science
achieved from Earth.
content available from a yby mission. The right-hand part is a
close-up of the pits in the heart-shaped region of Pluto.
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