TOK Unit 5 Quiz 1

Subjectivity and objectivity are best seen as:

• An opposition
• A continuum
• A contradiction
• A debate

The relationship between ontology and epistemology is that of:

• The present and the past
• Objectivity and subjectivity
• Existence and knowledge
• The whole and its parts

Knowledge about the world obtained using the scientific method can be categorized as:

• Objective knowledge of objectively existing phenomena
• Subjective knowledge of objectively existing phenomena
• Objective knowledge of subjectively existing phenomena
• Subjective knowledge of subjectively existing phenomena

Which of the following is true (according to the textbook):

• Knowledge and understanding are opposites
• When some criteria are met, knowledge becomes understanding
• When understanding becomes holistic, it turns into knowledge
• Understanding is emotional, knowledge is purely logical

Which of the following is NOT a function of science?

• Explanation
• Prediction
• Control
• Interpretation

Determinism is the idea that all events are completely determined by … acting upon them:

• Forces
• Reasons
• Causes
• Laws of nature

According to indeterminism, the fabric of nature is not causality but…

• Purposefulness
• Predictability
• Randomness
• Free will

Which of the following is an essential characteristic of the scientific worldview?

• It is coherent
• It is correct
• It is complicated
• It is controversial