We completed the Categories Activity, and then started to look at Chapter 7-Reason in the textbook. If absent, please read pages 109 to 123 (stop at C. Inference) and take notes in Journal #12.
It seems so simple to assume that all thinking involves reason. Reason is good, right? We want to be considered reasonable. To be unreasonable is to be in the wrong. But is it that simple? Can we be reasoning and still be wrong? Can we reason incorrectly?
Try these to check your understanding of the different reasoning - Record your answers in Journal #11 when you are done. Reflect on each test and self-assess. What do the results tell you? NOTE: There is a timed element to these, monitor your progress & spend no more than 5 minutes per test (even if the website gives you more)!
If absent, please reflect on the questions posed in this entry. Complete the reasoning test and reflect on them too. (All in Journal #11) Important Dates 11/5 Scaffolded TOK Essay Planner to turnitin.com before 10PM After having the discussion on Descartes today, check out this article related to some of his ideas... what do you think? Or how about the Brain-in-a-vat hypothesis in this article... thoughts?
We started Journal #11 and took a deep dive into Descartes and reason as a way of knowing. If you were absent, 1. CREATE two of your own knowledge questions related to the Descartes reading; 2. Read and take notes on one of the articles linked above, then 3. Answer one of the knowledge questions you created – incorporating both readings with specific references to each text. Important Dates 11/5 Scaffolded TOK Essay Planner to turnitin.com before 10PM Students worked on the ‘Scaffolded TOK Essay Planner’ in the Library and submitted to turnitin.com. If absent, please finish and submit the planner on your own. Also, please read and take TOK style notes on the Descartes Reading linked below; be ready to discuss on Monday.
Important Dates 11/4: Read and take TOK Reading Notes on this excerpt from Descartes 11/5 Scaffolded TOK Essay Planner to turnitin.com before 10PM |
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