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WorksheetsTOK Summative
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 44mins
What does tabula rasa mean?
Red tablet
New knowledge
Rise tomorrow
Clean slate
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy which...
studies the nature and scope of knowledge.
studies and evaluates human conduct.
studies the nature of beauty.
studies the nature of reality.
Which belief statement represents empiricism?
Truth is discovered with the mind
Truth is perceived with the senses
Truth is unknowable
Truth changes from person to person
In ethics, who came up with the categorical imperiatives?
Kant
Burke
Epicurus
St Thomas Aquinas
Cognitive rules of thumb you use intuitively are called:
Heuristics
Hauristics
Heiristics
Houristics
Which THREE are names for tests of truth?
Pragmatic
Correspondence
Coherence
Deontological
Which type of logic is taking specific observations and using them to make generalised theories?
Inductive
Deductive
Abductive
Which of the following terms from ToK refers to you?
The Thinker
An IB student
The Knower
The Puzzler
Which of these best defines an Area of Knowledge?
The ways in which we categorize ideas and concepts in order to understand them.
Subjects we study in the IB Diploma Programme
The personal and societal affiliations which shape the way we make sense of knowledge.
The groups into which we place knowledge.
"To view the world without bias", defines which key concept?
Certainty
Objectivity
Justification
Perspective
"The capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events". Which key concept?
Responsibility
Values
Power
Culture
In order to encourage and support students in making comparisons and connections across different elements of the course, the knowledge questions suggested for each theme and area of knowledge are organized into a -
knowledge question
knowledge claim
knowledge framework
knowledge assessment
What was the idea behind Plato's Cave theory?
that people are sometimes are trapped without real understanding.
the people should hide in a cave to get away from other people.
Answers are always found in a cave.
seek to find the truth
What do Empiricists NOT believe in?
A posteriori claims
The mind as a blank slate at birth
Some knowledge can be gained through logic and reason however the most reliable knowledge is gained through the senses
Innate ideas
Who created the metaphor of a 'tabula rasa' describing the mind at birth?
Locke
Leibniz
Descartes
Hume
What is the term for an attitude of doubt?
skepticism
open-mindedness
curiosity
inferring
What does the duck/rabbit mean in relation to Wittgenstein and language games?
That ducks are better than rabbits
That what we see isn't reality
That there are two different ways of seeing, not two different opinions
That believers and non-believers will never understand each other
What do Aquinas and Wittgenstein have in common when it comes to religious language? (2)
Both are concerned with how we use language
Both reject the existence of God
Both recognise the limitations of our language when it comes to religion/God
Both reject the via positiva approach to religious language
A type of fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed implicity or explicity in the premise.
Appeal to force
Begging the question
Appeal to people
Against the person
These are statements which are observed to be real or truthful.
Opinions
Claims
Facts
Propositions
The principle that an individual human's belief and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual culture.
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Xenocentrism
Multiculturalism
What is the definition of the tragedy of the commons?
when humans overuse a natural resource
when the short-term, positive effects go to the individual, while the long-term, negative effects are spread out to the group
when humans act selfishly, thinking of the own interest
when plants and animals compete for space, resources, and/or food
Which of these is not an example of a commons?
The air
The ocean
Privately owned farms
In rhetoric, an appeal to logic, reason and rationality is known as...
ethos
pathos
logos
kairos
What is the name given to a system of ethics which is based upon the idea of duty?
Teleological
Deontological
Relative
Absolutist
This ethical framework is solely concerned with the intentions of one's actions.
utilitarianism
deontology
virtue ethics
metaethics
What is the Categorical Imperative?
The idea that an action is mandatory for everyone in every context ("You should do X no matter what")
The idea that an action is mandatory only in specific contexts ("You should do X if you want Y")
The idea that no actions are truly mandatory
What is the key idea of Deontology?
Good people
Good rules for living
Good outcomes
Good use of rights
What is Utilitarianism?
The ethical theory that someone is morally good if he/she has a virtuous character
The ethical theory that the best choice in any situation is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people
The ethical theory that actions are good or bad according to a clear set of rules
The ethical theory that society is based on an agreement that gives certain rights to all people and sees everyone transfer some rights to one person (who uses those rights to uphold justice)
What is the key idea of Utilitarianism?
Good people
Good rules for living
Good outcomes
Good use of rights
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
An influential German philosopher who developed the idea of Deontology
A British thinker who developed the idea of Utilitarianism and ordered his head to be mummified after his death
A Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great and founded a school in Athens
A British philosopher who survived the English Civil War and developed the idea of the Social Contract
Which ethical problem best illustrates inconsistencies in utilitarian thought?
The Pleasure Machine
The Allegory of the Cave
The Trolley Problem
Case Studies
This ethical framework is solely concerned with the consequences of one's actions.
utilitarianism
deontology
virtue ethics
metaethics
This ethical framework is solely concerned with the intentions of one's actions.
utilitarianism
deontology
virtue ethics
metaethics
Complete the blank: Categorical [BLANK]
Imperative
Hypothetical
Categorical
Duty
Hermeneutics is NOT the science of interpreting the scripture
TRUE
FALSE
Empiricism implies that all knowledge is based on experience derived from our senses
True
False
According to Kuhn, paradigms are constructed by people
True
False
Karl Popper argues that the aim of knowledge development should be for __________ instead of verification (logical positivism)
finding causal relationship
falsification
disproving pre-existing theories
When applying Occam's Razor to the following incident, which explanation is most likely to be true?
It is raining and I saw a bright flash through my curtains.
UFO's are trying to pull of my roof
lightning
downed electrical lines have started a forest fire
the nortnern lights
one of the goals of relativism
tolerance
conflict
discord
Many Kings before and during the Enlightenment believed that they were given the right to rule from God. This idea is called:
Natural Right to rule
Divine Right
Unlimited Power
Absolute Monarchy
