TOK: The Problem With Nature

Which of the following are true:

A knowledge question...

• ...is contested

• ...is about a subject

• ...is within a subject

• ...is not concerned so much about specific examples

A mental map of reality includes

• some kind of picture to help us cope effectively

• cultural beliefs

• cultural beliefs and practices

• our ideas of what is true and what is false

What distinguishes knowledge from mere belief?

• certainty

• common sense

• our mental maps

• truth

According to relativism,

• opinion is a matter of opinion

• the absolute truth is undeniable

• all truth is relative

• there can be no objective fact independent of personal opinion

• none of the above

Common sense, certainty, and relativism cannot give us a quick solution to the problem of knowledge. Therefore, you will have to rely more...

• on your teachers rather than proof in deciding what to believe.

• on proof than judgment in deciding what to believe.

• on judgment than proof in deciding what to believe.

• on Instagram than judgment in deciding what to believe,