TOK Alternative Course Titles\
Intro to Cognitive Neuroscience
Towards a Theory of the Mind
The Changing Brain in a Technological Age
On the Road to being a full-realized intellectual adult
The Knower’s Journey to Self-Awareness and “The Good Life”
How Not to be a Sucker/Dupe/Idiot/Target
Epistemology 101
Unlocking your Inner You (or Geniusness)
Intro to Critical Thinking, Critical Argumentation and Appropriate Skepticism
A guide to pre-anticipation of future paradigm shifts
Intro to Entrepreneurship and Finding your Creative Spark of Genius
The History of Humanity’s Good Ideas
Unlearning and Learning: A Reexamination of your 12 years of schooling
Accepting Inevitable Uncertainty (or an appropriate and considered skepticism)
Becoming a Global Citizen
Divergent Perspectives (and their value)
What it means "to be" in a contemporary world
"a vehicle through which I obtained a new worldview"
The exploration of what are people thinking, why do they think it, when & how they do think it and where it comes from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
Types of Knowledge
Tacit
Explicit
Informal
Codified/Formal
Shared
Personal
Provisional
Probabilistic
Propositional/Descriptive/Declarative
Procedural (non-propositional)
Conceptual
A priori
A posteriori
Embedded
Empirical
Meta-knowledge
Situated
Contextual
Emotional
Experiential vs logically deduced knowledge
subjective vs objective knowledge
practical vs theoretical knowledge
knowledge about the past vs the present
Related terms: Wisdom, Understanding, Comprehension, Enlightenment, Apprehension, Proficiency, Intelligence, Expertise, Awareness, Mindfulness
Types of Memory
Sensory
Working
Short-Term (Sensory or Sensory Register or Immediate)
Long-Term
Explicit
Implicit
Procedural
Declarative
Episodic
Semantic
Visual
Spatial / Topographical
Autobiographical
Perceptual
Collective/Cultural
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory
http://www.human-memory.net/types.html
Types of Evidence
Circumstantial
DNA / Physical (polygraphs, fingerprint analysis, hair analysis, bitemark analysis,
Eyewitness Testimony
Expert Testimony
Statistical Evidence
Anecdotal Evidence
Hearsay
Peer-review
Randomized Controlled Trials / Double-blind studies
Consensus Panels
Literature Reviews
Documentary Evidence or Primary Source Material (letters, speeches, interviews)
http://libguides.ohsu.edu/c.php?g=261501&p=1746549
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence
http://www.writingsimplified.com/2009/10/4-types-of-evidence.html
Qualitative vs Quantitative Data:
Intro to Cognitive Neuroscience
Towards a Theory of the Mind
The Changing Brain in a Technological Age
On the Road to being a full-realized intellectual adult
The Knower’s Journey to Self-Awareness and “The Good Life”
How Not to be a Sucker/Dupe/Idiot/Target
Epistemology 101
Unlocking your Inner You (or Geniusness)
Intro to Critical Thinking, Critical Argumentation and Appropriate Skepticism
A guide to pre-anticipation of future paradigm shifts
Intro to Entrepreneurship and Finding your Creative Spark of Genius
The History of Humanity’s Good Ideas
Unlearning and Learning: A Reexamination of your 12 years of schooling
Accepting Inevitable Uncertainty (or an appropriate and considered skepticism)
Becoming a Global Citizen
Divergent Perspectives (and their value)
What it means "to be" in a contemporary world
"a vehicle through which I obtained a new worldview"
The exploration of what are people thinking, why do they think it, when & how they do think it and where it comes from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
Types of Knowledge
Tacit
Explicit
Informal
Codified/Formal
Shared
Personal
Provisional
Probabilistic
Propositional/Descriptive/Declarative
Procedural (non-propositional)
Conceptual
A priori
A posteriori
Embedded
Empirical
Meta-knowledge
Situated
Contextual
Emotional
Experiential vs logically deduced knowledge
subjective vs objective knowledge
practical vs theoretical knowledge
knowledge about the past vs the present
Related terms: Wisdom, Understanding, Comprehension, Enlightenment, Apprehension, Proficiency, Intelligence, Expertise, Awareness, Mindfulness
Types of Memory
Sensory
Working
Short-Term (Sensory or Sensory Register or Immediate)
Long-Term
Explicit
Implicit
Procedural
Declarative
Episodic
Semantic
Visual
Spatial / Topographical
Autobiographical
Perceptual
Collective/Cultural
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory
http://www.human-memory.net/types.html
Types of Evidence
Circumstantial
DNA / Physical (polygraphs, fingerprint analysis, hair analysis, bitemark analysis,
Eyewitness Testimony
Expert Testimony
Statistical Evidence
Anecdotal Evidence
Hearsay
Peer-review
Randomized Controlled Trials / Double-blind studies
Consensus Panels
Literature Reviews
Documentary Evidence or Primary Source Material (letters, speeches, interviews)
http://libguides.ohsu.edu/c.php?g=261501&p=1746549
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_evidence
http://www.writingsimplified.com/2009/10/4-types-of-evidence.html
Qualitative vs Quantitative Data: