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TOK - Knowledge and Technology, AOK of Natural Science

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A paradigm shift in the NS is:

a)
A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.
b)
An increase in resources and funding.
c)
A temporary change in tactics.
d)
A minor adjustment in strategy.
2.

Which of the following is a good example of ethical limits on N.S.?

a)

World War 2

b)

The Manhattan Project

3.

Francis Bacon

a)

Scientist portrayed as masculine nature vs feminine

b)

Scientific Knowledge Gained through empirical observation

c)

skeptical scientist

d)

Argues against conjecture

e)

Humans dominate Nature

4.

Pursuit of Science should be for the _____ and ___________ and used in ______.

  • - Francis Bacon

a)

benefit, use of life, charity

b)

mind, human growth, philosophy

c)

benefit, human growth, charity

d)

mind, use of life, philosophy

5.

Whig Science

a)

one must let go of all anomalies in science

b)

progress guaranteed by scientific method and human ability

c)

positivist

d)

fundamental truths which are inevitable

6.

Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Khun

step #1

a)

pre-science

b)

paradigm change

c)

normal science

d)

model drift

e)

model crisis

7.

Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Khun

step #2

a)

pre-science

b)

paradigm change

c)

normal science

d)

model drift

e)

model crisis

8.

Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Khun

step #3

a)

model revolution

b)

paradigm change

c)

normal science

d)

model drift

e)

model crisis

9.

Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Khun

step #4

a)

model revolution

b)

paradigm change

c)

normal science

d)

model drift

e)

model crisis

10.

Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Khun

step #5

a)

model revolution

b)

paradigm change

c)

normal science

d)

model drift

e)

model crisis

11.

Structure of the Scientific Revolution by Thomas Khun

step #6

a)

model revolution

b)

paradigm change

c)

normal science

d)

model drift

e)

model crisis

12.

3 different perspectives of science

#1 - Popper

a)

argues that a single reproducible anomaly is enough to reject a theory

b)

anomalies are ignored or explained away

c)

sciences goal is to clear up the status quo and find the expected answers

13.

3 different perspectives of science

#1 - Khun

a)

argues that a single reproducible anomaly is enough to reject a theory

b)

anomalies are ignored or explained away

c)

sciences goal is to clear up the status quo and find the expected answers

14.

3 different perspectives of science

#1 - Hacking

a)

argues that a single reproducible anomaly is enough to reject a theory

b)

anomalies are ignored or explained away

c)

sciences goal is to clear up the status quo and find the expected answers

15.

1542

a)

Theory of Disease

b)

Theory of Natural Selection

c)

Copernican Revolution

d)

model of mechanics replacing Aristotle’s theories

16.

1687

a)

Theory of Disease

b)

Theory of Natural Selection

c)

Copernican Revolution

d)

model of mechanics replacing Aristotle’s theories

17.

1783

a)

Theory of Disease

b)

Theory of Natural Selection

c)

chemical revolution replaced phlogiston theory

d)

quantum mechanics replaces classical mechanics

18.

1859

a)

Theory of Disease

b)

Theory of Natural Selection

c)

chemical revolution replaced phlogiston theory

d)

quantum mechanics replaces classical mechanics

19.

1880

a)

Germ Theory of Disease

b)

Theory of Natural Selection

c)

chemical revolution replaced phlogiston theory

d)

quantum mechanics replaces classical mechanics

20.

1905

a)

chemical revolution replaced phlogiston theory

b)

quantum mechanics replaces classical mechanics

c)

theory of electromagnetic radiation

d)

general relativity replacing Newtons gravity

21.

1919

a)

chemical revolution replaced phlogiston theory

b)

quantum mechanics replaces classical mechanics

c)

theory of electromagnetic radiation

d)

general relativity replacing Newtons gravity

22.

name two reasons why mistakes are often repeated (article)

4 lines
23.

Thomas Kuhn's profession (article)

a)

mathematician

b)

physicist

c)

philosopher

d)

chemist

24.

Khun's description of scientific activity

a)

puzzle-solving

b)

playing a game

c)

a web of anomaly

25.

what did Kuhn argue about competing paradigms?

a)

they must learn to live apart or combine to form a new paradigm

b)

there can only be one right paradigm

c)

they are incommensurable (there exists no objective way of assessing their relative merits)

d)

they are always at odds with each other

26.

TOK Trap of Technology

a)

replacing real learning with AI

b)

believing all technology looks the same

c)

using solely dictionary definitions

d)

not embracing new technology

27.

scope of technology

a)

spiritually

b)

psychologically

c)

physically

d)

mentally

28.

order correctly from bottom to top:
A: wisdom
B: information

C: data

D: knowledge

a)

D, C, B, A

b)

B, C, D, A

c)

C, B, D, A

d)

A, B, C, D

29.

Aristotle's 3 types of Knowledge

a)

Phroneis

b)

Techne

c)

Episteme

d)

Arachne

30.

Episteme

a)

knowledge as a result of crafting or making something

b)

unchanging universal claims

c)

practical wisdom/ethics

31.

Phroneis

a)

knowledge as a result of crafting or making something

b)

unchanging universal claims

c)

practical wisdom/ethics

32.

Techne

a)

knowledge as a result of crafting or making something

b)

unchanging universal claims

c)

practical wisdom/ethics

33.

wisdom is __________

4 lines
34.

the difference between hypothetical and real life moral decisions

4 lines
35.

reason for QWERTY layout

4 lines

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