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

back to the three objects you chose in
Think
previous exercise, to represent prompt 1
the
counts as knowledge?” Reflecting
“What
your selection, consider the following.
on
Do your objects contain any of the pitfalls
1.
poor choices we discuss in this
and
Are you confident in your ability to offer
2.
accurate and responsible description of
an
Why would you say that you have chosen
3.
objects?
interesting
you work to establish the relationship
As
each of your objects and your
between
keep in mind how the exhibition is
prompt,
up as a whole. You add value not
shaping
by identifying, describing and linking
only
individual objects to the prompt,
three
also by selecting them such that they
but
present a nuanced understanding
collectively
example, in creating an exhibition around
For
4 “On what grounds might we doubt a
prompt
it would be a good idea to select objects
claim?”
highlight different causes for doubt.
that
one of the objects is Figure 12.7, a
Suppose
medieval miniature painting of Muslim
fake
at work. These paintings are a
scientists
phenomenon and they are done to
curious
degrees of sophistication. Many
various
paintings are for sale in Istanbul’s
similar
Second Hand Book Market (Sahaflar
historic
while many more circulate on the
Çarşısı),
A keen eye is often not enough to
internet.
them as modern forgeries, and at least
reveal
background knowledge in the history of
some
and technology or the history of art is
science
can reveal the difference between fakes
fields
the real thing. For example, there may be
and
in the timelines of the spread
inconsistencies
technologies, use of pigments that would
of
have been available at the time, or cultural
not
such as garments that would not
inaccuracies
been worn in the way depicted. So, the
have
miniatures show us that inconsistencies,
fake
by someone with experience and
detectable
knowledge, are good reasons to cast
specialized
might this object relate to your other two
How
say a screenshot of a deepfake video to
objects,
I. THE EXHIBITION
12
For ref lection
Being accountable for descriptions
section?
each of the objects?
I.2.4 Creating meaning
of the prompt.
Fake painting of Muslim scientists at work
Figure 12.7
doubt on a claim about a painting’s authenticity.
necessary. Experience and expertise in these
illustrate the role and limitations of intuition
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