Presentation based on a TOK coursebook on way of knowing

1. ŁUKASZ KOWALIK, MA
SIS
Exchanging
Knowledge
Exchanging
Knowledge

2. Today's Discussion
Classification of the Ways of Knowing
Diagrams, models, lists: relationship of ideas
Interactive ways of knowing
Communicating and ways of knowing
Justifying: supporting knowledge claims
Justifying knowledge claims: combining ways of knowing
A loop in the journey: ways of knowing

3. CLASSIFICATIONOF
THEWAYSOFKNOWING

4. CLASSIFICATIONOF
THEWAYSOFKNOWING

5. Would you picture the
eight ways of knowing
differently?
GO TO PAGE 72 IN YOUR TOK COURSEBOOKS
CLASSIFICATIONOF
THEWAYSOFKNOWING

6. DIAGRAMS,MODELS,LISTS:
RELATIONSHIPOFIDEAS
DO NOT represent
something material in
the world OR a
conceptualization of
knowledge recognized
beyond the TOK course
disentangle interconnected
concepts -> in-depth
consideration
communicate more clearly
in discussion of knowlege
-> common vocab &
conceptual picture
use the model as a whole
to develop and test own
thinking, possibly modify it
DO provide us with a working
model of ideas in relationship
for us to aim more effectively
for certain goals:

7. Our ways of
knowing
work
together
giving us information on
our surroudings,
giving us a grasp of
how to interpret it,
enabling us to gain &
exchange knowledge,
enabling us to make
decisions on what to
accept and how to act.
INTERACTIVEWAYSOFKNOWING
Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash

8. Picture this!
You and five friends are
hiking in the mountains, on
an expedition led by an
adult from your community.
The afternoon is growing
late, but a couple of hours
of tramping still remain
before you expect to pitch
your tents for the night....
TO CONTINUE THE STORY
SEE PAGE 73 AND LISTEN
TO YOUR TEACHER'S
VOICE...
INTERACTIVEWAYSOFKNOWING
Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash

9. How are the
ways of
knowing
working
together
here?
Intuition, sense perception,
memory, imagination, faith,
emotion, reason, language
INTERACTIVEWAYSOFKNOWING
Photo by Joao Branco on Unsplash

10. Combinations of 8 WoK
happen when we are:
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING
gaining our knowledge,
sharing it with others,
building our knowledge community.
Does this ring a bell?

11. Combinations of 8 WoK
happen when:
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING
gaining our knowledge,
sharing it with others,
building our knowledge community.
ZONE
OF
EXCHANGE
PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE
SHARED
KNOWLEDGE

12. PASSING ON
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING
Can we really convey exactly the experiences we had?
What about all the associations of memory and emotion
they carry?

13. PASSING ON
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING
Can we really convey the experiences we had?
What about all the associations of memory and emotion
they carry?

14. PASSING ON
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING
Can we really convey exactly the experiences we had?
What about all the associations of memory and emotion
they carry?
As long as we accept a degree of ambiguity, YES!
In the process of reflecting we have already distilled
something that has a greater potential to be expressed.

15. PASSING ON
EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
To do it right we need channels!
We rely on the similarity between
us and the audience.
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING

16. PASSING ON SKILLS
Quite similar to passing on experinces.
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING

17. PASSING ON
KNOWLEDGE CLAIMS
Our choice is more limited here.
COMMUNICATINGAND
WAYSOFKNOWING

18. TEN
KNOWLEDGE CLAIMSE.Dombrowski,L.Rotenberg,
M.Bick(2013)
See your TOK coursebooks,
page 76.

19. JUSTIFYING
constructive doubt response,
truth checks
To justify means to provide good reasons
in support of a knowledge claim..
To consider what is worth accepting, we apply:
SUPPORTING
KNOWLEDGE CLAIMS
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

20. JUSTIFYINGKNOWLEDGECLAIMS
Yet, the justification for believing knowledge claims do not
align with a sigle way of knowing...
You can justify a knowledge claim by using ONE way of
knowing: mathematics -> reason; the past -> memory
COMBINING WAYS OF
KNOWING
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

21. JUSTIFYINGKNOWLEDGECLAIMS
Let's think of scientific evidence.
What WoK does it use?
COMBINING WAYS OF
KNOWING
Photo by Kendal on Unsplash

22. JUSTIFYINGKNOWLEDGECLAIMS
Let's think of scientific evidence.
What WoK does it use?
SENSE PERCEPTION
REASON
LANGUAGE
COMBINING WAYS OF
KNOWING
Photo by Kendal on Unsplash

23. Go to page 79 in your TOK coursebook...
WHAT WoK ARE
INVOLVED?
JUSTIFYINGKNOWLEGECLAIMS
Photo by Headway on Unsplash

24. Thanks for
your attention! SOURCES
E. Dombrowski, L. Rotenberg, M. Bick,
Theory of Knowledge. Course
Companion, OUP 2013 pp. 69-79
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AUTHORSHIP
Łukasz Kowalik, MA