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Cloze Passage: Unit 1 Key Ideas

The first unit focused on the concept of _________. The big idea that
the unit attempted to get at was that our knowledge of the _________ around
us is _________ both highly developed and restricted by the _________ of
the _________ species.

The most useful definition of knowledge given may have been the one
developed by _________. He characterized knowledge as _________ true
belief. By the first word he meant that for something to be knowledge there
must be some justification or _________ to support the claim. By true he
meant that it must actually be true, it couldnt be _________. For example, he
would (now) argue that no one could know that the sun rotated around the
earth because its simply untrue. That gets to his final point, just because you
_________ something doesnt make it knowledge.

A knowledge _________ is an idea that is asserted to be true.
However, knowledge _________ can be either true or false.

Also explored were the concepts of _________ (being sure of
something), _________ (easily believing something), and _________ (taking
a highly critical and questioning approach to a knowledge claim).

The TOK course is built around eight different ways of knowing:
_________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________,
_________, _________ and eight areas of knowledge: _________,
_________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________,
and _________. The IB also makes a distinction between _________
knowledge (things I know) and _________ knowledge (things we know).

There are different theoretical ways to uncover the truth of something.
The _________ theory of truth states that something is true if it is in line with
or consistent with all other things we know to be true. This truth can be proved
within the brain, it doesnt required _________ evidence. However, the
_________ theory of truth requires _________ evidence; it seeks to test a
knowledge claim against physical _________. The final theory of truth, the
_________ theory of truth asks whether or not something has a benefit in
being believed. It asks, is it _________?

The most important skill developed in the unit was identifying
knowledge questions. A good knowledge question should be _________,
_________ about knowledge, _________ stated, and contain TOK
_________ and _________. Knowledge questions can refer to the
_________, _________, _________, _________, and _________ of
knowledge. The ability to both identify and _________ knowledge questions
will be used in both the TOK essay and _________.

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