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Tok essay title 3, does it matter if our acquisition of knowledge happens in “bubbles” where some information and voices are excluded discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge..

Title 3 of the May 2023 TOK essay prompt is intriguing as it introduces the concept of “knowledge bubbles” or silos in which certain knowledge pieces keep echoing.

In the realm of human sciences, the essay explores whether these knowledge bubbles hinder us from taking on the responsibility of exploring new knowledge.

On one hand, knowledge in the natural sciences is often solidified and gains certainty through years of accumulated beliefs and evidence.

This raises questions about the importance of acquiring knowledge from a familiar knowledge zone where a proposition aligns with the overall set of beliefs held by people in that particular zone.

To excel in the May 2023 TOK essay and achieve a perfect score, it is recommended to begin early and seek guidance from TOK experts who can provide supervised support throughout the essay writing process.

May 2023 TOK essay prescribed title #3 – key terms

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Once you get the set of prescribed titles for your cohort, the first step is going through each one and analyzing the key terms.

3. Does it matter if our acquisition of knowledge happens in “bubbles” where some information and voices are excluded? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.

“ Does it matter ” – Make sure that your essay clearly answers this question.  Your investigation of different AOKs and different specific examples throughout your answer may lead to multiple answers to the question which is perfectly fine.  Your essay does not have to have one definitive answer to this question – in fact an essay that has one definitive answer to this question is likely flawed.

“ Acquisition of knowledge ” – This phrase shows up quite frequently in TOK essay prescribed titles.  (FYI another phrase that shows up often is “production of knowledge”).  Consider how knowledge is acquired in different AOKs and in different specific examples.

“ bubbles ” – Consider different ways that different AOKs can operate in “bubbles” and exclude “some information and voices.”  For example, some traditional arts may try and set up barriers to prevent the traditional art from changing.  This can act in a positive way and the knowledge of traditional art may be passed on relatively unchanged.  From a negative point of view though, a traditional art that sets up barriers may prevent it from evolving along with other aspects of culture and it may be viewed as stagnant and out of date.

In other examples, criminology (the human sciences) has been making more use of mathematics and statistics and has been trying to include more information and ideas.  More and more police forces are using mathematical / statistical models to learn more about crime to better prevent and solve crimes.

“ some information and voices are excluded ” – If you are considering May 2023 TOK Prescribed Titles #3 for your TOK essay may sure to examine a number of relevant specific examples that show how where “some information and voices are excluded.” You will need examples that show both that it matters and does not matter if the information and voices are excluded.

May 2023 TOK Prescribed Titles #3 and #1 are the only two where students have freedom to choose any two areas of knowledge.

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ToK Essay Titles May 2023 Prompt 3

How art transcends ‘bubbles’ that exclude us..

Everyone knows (or should know) the origin story of Labbi Siffre’s song ‘Something Inside (So Strong)’. At least, you’re about to know its relevance to this Essay Title about acquiring knowledge through ‘bubbles’.

From one viewpoint, the song in itself – arguably artworks in general – expresses Siffre’s personal knowledge about the South African apartheid regime during the 1980s. Siffre also used the inspiration for the song to make sense of his own life as a gay black man having grown up in a society which at that time marginalised such voices as his.

Hence the opening lines, ‘The higher you build your barriers / The taller I become / The further you take my rights away / The faster I will run’. The ‘barriers’ symbolise the community that excludes voices. They are a mark of the sometimes palpable (apartheid), sometimes more elusive (institutional racism or homophobia) that drives human relationships. Women might label this in terms of a ‘glass ceiling’. Religious people might call it, as in the song, the ‘walls of Jericho’. Behind these walls lies the so called ‘promised land’ where the excluded people (the Jews in the biblical story) can live in harmony and peace with everyone else. Their voices can be finally heard. Their stories can become known.

From another point of view, the song takes on a shared concern. This is part of what made it into an anthem for other minority groups who felt misheard or invisible. Notice how in the early part of the song, the ‘I’ represents an individual voice, expressing a resilience; a determination that it won’t stay excluded; a desire to come face to face with the excluders. By the end, it has become the voice of a group – a community – ‘Brothers and sisters’ – which asserts its self-worth, yearning for justice and equality. The chorus in the song is an expression of the need for inclusion, presumably because only including the stories and voices of the minority can bring wholeness, a true history of a society and a robust self-knowledge or identity of a people. Presumably the appeal to ‘Brothers and sisters’ isn’t only to those people who have been excluded. It is also to some of those behind the barriers – within the bubble – who are tuned in to the destructiveness that exclusion can create.

So what is this ‘Something Inside’ that’s ‘so strong’? We can only speculate: the human spirit; the connection of love and all the other virtues associated with this; open-mindedness and tolerance… All of the things within us that help us prevail over the injustices and harm that comes from excluding others in our quest for knowledge.

The singer himself offers a clue in a rare interview: This is my song ..

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Bubbles: 2023 TOK Essay Title 3

In this episode, I talked to Ian Galley (IBDP English Language & Literature) Nicole Mamphey (Science and Applied Ethics) about TOK Essay Title 3: Does it matter if our acquisition of knowledge happens in “bubbles” where some information and voices are excluded? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge. We had a rich discussion about “bubbles'' as they exist in social media networks and internet platforms as well as within academia, algorithms, and how this contributes to, enhances and distorts our bubbles. We also discussed many of the real world consequences (why it matters!) that what we’re learning may occur in these bubbles. We discussed relevant ideas including retracted findings of psychology and vaccination studies, bubbles in comedy and how it fits with the Benign Violation Theory, perspectives and the Soldier vs. Scout Mindset by Julia Galef, Spiral of Silence Theory and the social tendency to reinforce bubbles and silences descending voices, and the Metaverse. We discuss the difference between a community and a bubble: which one is more open to other ideas? How do they overlap? We unpack and explore: Does it matter (to who? for what?) Does it matter to our acquisition of knowledge? Does it matter to the voices that are excluded? We challenge the notion that science is objective, and discuss how even in the sciences we want to reinforce what fits our own perspective and beliefs. We also begin to discuss voices that are excluded: silenced voices - why this matters! Relevant links to books and movies and other examples discussed can be found on www.TOKTalk.org Guests: Ian Galley, Nicole Mamphey

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• Published October 24, 2022 at 7:58 AM UTC
• Length 40 min
• Rating Clean

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Title 3: Does it matter if our acquisition of knowledge happens in “bubbles” where some information and voices are excluded? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.

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