12 TOK Concepts and the Exhibition

Sean Coleman

2025-09-28

Class

Objective

  • Affective
  • Feel prepared for task during Exhibition

ATLs

  • Social Skills: Learn TOK content from DP2 cohort
  • Thinking Skills: Make connections using the framework of the 12 Concepts

Task at Exhibition Today

Exhibition Attendee Task

Class Tuesday

  • Finish filling out Exhibition Attendee task

12 TOK Concepts

How do we know? Responsibility Evidence Certainty Truth Interpretation Power Justification Explanation Objectivity Perspective Culture Values

Evidence

  • Question: What counts as ?
  • Definition: Information or data that supports a knowledge claim.

Certainty

  • Question: How certain is our knowledge?
  • Definition: : the degree of confidence we have that knowledge is true.

Truth

  • Question: Can we ever be certain of the ?
  • Definition: A claim that corresponds to reality or is universally valid.

Interpretation

  • Question: What makes a justified ?
  • Definition: The act of explaining or making sense of knowledge or meaning.

Power

  • Question: To what extent should we accept knowledge by authority?
  • Definition: : the ability to influence what is accepted as knowledge.

Justification

  • Question: What distinguishes a good from a bad one?
  • Definition: Reasoning that shows why a knowledge claim is valid.

Explanation

  • Question: What makes an convincing?
  • Definition: A statement that clarifies why something is the way it is.

Objectivity

  • Question: What does it mean to be open-minded and unbiased?
  • Definition: : seeing knowledge without personal or cultural bias.

Perspective

  • Question: Are some viewpoints more justified than others?
  • Definition: : a particular position or angle from which knowledge is viewed.

Culture

  • Question: Does knowledge depend on the ideas and traditions of our communities?
  • Definition: : shared practices, values, and beliefs that shape knowledge.

Values

  • Question: Is knowledge influenced by ethical considerations?
  • Definition: : principles or standards of behavior that guide knowledge use.

Responsibility

  • Question: Where do our responsibilities as knowers begin and end?
  • Definition: : duties knowers have in creating, sharing, and applying knowledge.