IB Theory of Knowledge Topic 1.1 Core Theme:…

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1.1.1 What knowledge is, and what it is not

1.1.2 Belief, truth and justification

1.1.3 Knowing how and knowing that

1.1.4 First-hand experience as a source

1.1.5 Testimony: knowing because you were told

1.1.6 Memory and its reliability

1.1.7 Intuition and gut feeling

1.1.8 Reason and its limits

1.1.9 Emotion in knowing

1.1.10 Knowledge communities and how they validate

1.1.11 Expertise and when to defer

1.1.12 Judging a source

1.1.13 Perspective and bias are not the same thing

1.1.14 Certainty, doubt and degrees of confidence

1.1.15 Responsibility and the ethics of knowing

1.1.16 Assessment bridge: the core theme in the exhibition

1.1.17 Questions about the world and questions about knowing

IB Theory of Knowledge 1.1 Core Theme: Knowledge and the Knower

IB Theory of Knowledge 1.1 Core Theme: Knowledge and the Knower

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