IB Theory of Knowledge 2.12 the 35 IA Prompts Notes

2.12.1 IA prompt 1: What counts as knowledge?

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2.12.2 IA prompt 2: Are some types of knowledge more useful than others?

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2.12.3 IA prompt 3: What features of knowledge have an impact on its reliability?

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2.12.4 IA prompt 4: On what grounds might we doubt a claim?

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2.12.5 IA prompt 5: What counts as good evidence for a claim?

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2.12.6 IA prompt 6: How does the way that we organize or classify knowledge affect what we know?

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2.12.7 IA prompt 7: What are the implications of having, or not having, knowledge?

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2.12.8 IA prompt 8: To what extent is certainty attainable?

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2.12.9 IA prompt 9: Are some types of knowledge less open to interpretation than others?

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2.12.10 IA prompt 10: What challenges are raised by the dissemination and/or communication of knowledge?

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2.12.11 IA prompt 11: Can new knowledge change established values or beliefs?

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2.12.12 IA prompt 12: Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?

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2.12.13 IA prompt 13: How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement upon past knowledge?

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2.12.14 IA prompt 14: Does some knowledge belong only to particular communities of knowers?

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2.12.15 IA prompt 15: What constraints are there on the pursuit of knowledge?

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2.12.16 IA prompt 16: Should some knowledge not be sought on ethical grounds?

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2.12.17 IA prompt 17: Why do we seek knowledge?

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2.12.18 IA prompt 18: Are some things unknowable?

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2.12.19 IA prompt 19: What counts as a good justification for a claim?

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2.12.20 IA prompt 20: What is the relationship between personal experience and knowledge?

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2.12.21 IA prompt 21: What is the relationship between knowledge and culture?

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2.12.22 IA prompt 22: What role do experts play in influencing our consumption or acquisition of knowledge?

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2.12.23 IA prompt 23: How important are material tools in the production or acquisition of knowledge?

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2.12.24 IA prompt 24: How might the context in which knowledge is presented influence whether it is accepted or rejected?

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2.12.25 IA prompt 25: How can we distinguish between knowledge, belief and opinion?

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2.12.26 IA prompt 26: Does our knowledge depend on our interactions with other knowers?

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2.12.27 IA prompt 27: Does all knowledge impose ethical obligations on those who know it?

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2.12.28 IA prompt 28: To what extent is objectivity possible in the production or acquisition of knowledge?

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2.12.29 IA prompt 29: Who owns knowledge?

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2.12.30 IA prompt 30: What role does imagination play in producing knowledge about the world?

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2.12.31 IA prompt 31: How can we judge when evidence is adequate?

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2.12.32 IA prompt 32: What makes a good explanation?

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2.12.33 IA prompt 33: How is current knowledge shaped by its historical development?

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2.12.34 IA prompt 34: In what ways do our values affect our acquisition of knowledge?

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2.12.35 IA prompt 35: In what ways do values affect the production of knowledge?

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