Module 1 TOK
Philosophical context and basic concepts

What has been discussed?

1. Philosophy, Terms associated with KNOWLEDGE

2. The place of TOK in this context

3. Branches of philosophy

4. Periods of philosophy

5. The types of knowledge

6. Components of knowledge

7. Exercise on perspectives

8. Group work on philosophers that have marked the course of western thought or an applied work oh the topic of hate speech.

Sample Assessment (true or false)

Subtitle

1. Philosophy relates to every possible subject one may think of

2. Philosophy is preoccupied with working out the best way to think about something

3. Philosophy is an activity not just a discipline

4. True belief is more than mere knowledge

5. By stating that we know something we take responsibility for its truth

6. Certainty is a requirement of truth

7. There are different types (or claims) of knowledge but the one that matters for epistemology is empirical

8. Propositional knowledge is declared in terms of sentences that describe the world as it is

9. The requirement of truth for knowledge means that one cannot know a falsehood

10. Paradigms of thought play a big role in developing knowledge

11. The following are propositional claims: - Anna knows how to ride a bike, and

- people are not brains in a vat.

Twist on the classical account of knowledge

Gettier Rebuttal: It is possible that in some instances it is a matter of luck that your belief is true, and there could even be a plausible justification of that something is the case, and a good way to arrive to that conclusion. That extra requirement of justification may make knowledge untenable

A proposal to overcome the Gettier problem (or exclude Gettier cases) of knowledge is to try adding an additional requirement: The no false lemma requirement