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TOK Across the Curriculum Linking Questions Gro p u s 1 and 2 1. Can translations ever be trusted to carry the original intent? 2. Do people who speak different languages live in different worlds? ern 3. How is communication affected when older generations do not know mod fferent cultures? meanings? 4. Through literature, how can we gain understanding of di you have a thought if you do not have a word for it? 5. Can ro p G u 3 1. Since history is always being rewritten, can it ever be trusted as absolute irements as science? truth? 2. Should history be held to the same investigative requ 3. Are primary or secondary sources more reliable? 4. Does whoever controls the present control the past? 5. n the soft sciences (psychology, sociology, etc.) do we ever actually get er to the “truth,” or do we just establish new paradigms? I clos ro p G u 4 1. How reliable is the scientific method? [ data collection, emotional interference, manipulation of statistics, etc. ] al) more reliable than 2. Is inductive reason in science (particular to gener deductive reason in mathematics (general to particular)? 3. ould science exist independent of mathematics? ld there be an “end” to science if everything important is known? C 4. Cou ro p G u 5 1. Are the formulas on which maths depend always absolute? Can they undergo change? ous with God as 2. Since math and God are the only absolutes, is math synonym e? Russell suggests? 3. Since statistics can be manipulated, can math be absolut eautiful? t non‐existent objects? 4. Can mathematics be considered b 5. an math make true claims abou 6. s math discovered or invented? C I

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TOK Across the Curriculum Linking Questions 

 G ro pu s 1 and 2 

1. Can translations ever be trusted to carry the original intent? 2. Do people who speak different languages live in different worlds? 

ern 

3. How is communication affected when older generations do not know mod

fferent cultures? meanings? 

4. Through literature, how can we gain understanding of di you have a thought if you do not have a word for it? 5. Can

ro p G 

u  3 

1. Since history is always being rewritten, can it ever be trusted as absolute 

irements as science? truth? 

2. Should history be held to the same investigative requ

3. Are primary or secondary sources more reliable? 4. Does whoever controls the present control the past? 5. n the soft sciences (psychology, sociology, etc.) do we ever actually get 

er to the “truth,” or do we just establish new paradigms? Iclos 

ro pG 

u  4 

1. How reliable is the scientific method? [ data collection, emotional interference, manipulation of statistics, etc. ] 

al) more reliable than 2. Is inductive reason in science (particular to gener

deductive reason in mathematics (general to particular)? 

3. ould science exist independent of mathematics? ld there be an “end” to science if everything important is known? 

C4. Cou

 ro pG 

u  5 

 1. Are the formulas on which maths depend always absolute? Can they undergochange? 

ous with God as 2. Since math and God are the only absolutes, is math synonym

e? Russell suggests? 

3. Since statistics can be manipulated, can math be absolut

eautiful?  t non‐existent objects? 

4. Can mathematics be considered b5. an math make true claims abou6. s math discovered or invented? 

CI 

 

G ro pu  6 

 expert? 1. Can “the beautiful” be

 defined by an l? 2. What is the nature of the beautifu

3. Does life imitate art? 4. Is explanation a goal of the arts? 

s “talking about music like dancing about architecture” (Zappa)? 5. I

th s E 

ic  

1. Ought ethical standards be relative or absolute? 2. Ought man guide his life by the common good or by persona

ge actions by the motive or the consequence?  l satisfaction? 

3. Should we jud

en e  S 

s Perception 

1. How do expectations affect sense perception? 

2. Does “I see” mean “I understand”? 3. Is there any knowledge which is independent of sense perception? 

s sense perception play the same role in hard and soft science? 4. Doe

m ti E 

o on 

1. Why is emotion often considered less valuabletion shoul

eels right? 

 than reason?  d play the largest role? 2. Are there circumstances where emo

3. Is an action morally justifiable if it freligious faith purely emotional? 4. Is 

ea o R 

s n 

reason? 1. How do beliefs affect our capacity to 2. Is too much logic boring? 

 universal logic be established? 

3. Can a

an u L 

g age 

1. Can we trust symbols to convey our message? 

2. y?Will we one day have language without emotion because of technolog3. How can an examination of language establish ideological biases? 4. How can ambiguity in language impede or contribute to knowledge?