Knowledge Issues The Good, the Bad and The Ugly

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Knowledge IssuesThe Good, the Bad and The Ugly
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Good KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge. Couched in terms of relations between concepts from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, values.
OK KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge.
Poor KI A closed question, implicitly about Knowledge
Not a KI A statement or a closed question, about a subject specific issue rather than about Knowledge per se
To what extent can human sciences use
mathematical techniques to make accurate
predictions?
How can we use models to predict crime waves?
Will police crime predictions turn out to be
correct?
How can we prevent crime?
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Good KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge. Couched in terms of relations between concepts from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, values.
OK KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge.
Poor KI A closed question, implicitly about Knowledge
Not a KI A statement or a closed question, about a subject specific issue rather than about Knowledge per se
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Should we believe paranormal claims?
Does the paranormal exist?
The Sixth Sense
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Good KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge. Couched in terms of relations between concepts from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, values.
OK KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge.
Poor KI A closed question, implicitly about Knowledge
Not a KI A statement or a closed question, about a subject specific issue rather than about Knowledge per se
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Why is Utilitarianism appealing?
Utilitarianism
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Good KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge. Couched in terms of relations between concepts from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, values.
OK KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge.
Poor KI A closed question, implicitly about Knowledge
Not a KI A statement or a closed question, about a subject specific issue rather than about Knowledge per se
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Is swine flu likely to kill millions?
What do we mean by anepidemic?
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Good KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge. Couched in terms of relations between concepts from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, values..
OK KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge.
Poor KI A closed question, implicitly about Knowledge
Not a KI A statement or a closed question, about a subject specific issue rather than about Knowledge per se
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The credit crisis
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Good KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge. Couched in terms of relations between concepts from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, values.
OK KI An open question, explicitly about Knowledge.
Poor KI A closed question, implicitly about Knowledge
Not a KI A statement or a closed question, about a subject specific issue rather than about Knowledge per se
Your own ideas?
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Good Knowledge Issues are

• Open questions explicitly about Knowledge per se
  and not about subject-specific claims
• Couched in terms of relations between concepts
  from AoK, WoK and belief, certainty, culture,
  evidence, experience, explanation,
  interpretation, intuition, justification, truth,
  values.

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Theory of Knowledge Presentation Structure
Real-Life Situation
extraction
Knowledge Issue (recognized)
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Theory of Knowledge Presentation Structure
Real-Life Situation
extraction
Knowledge Issue (recognized)
Knowledge Issue(s) (developed)
progression
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Theory of Knowledge Presentation Structure
Real-Life Situation
application
extraction
Knowledge Issue (recognized)
Knowledge Issue(s) (developed)
progression
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Theory of Knowledge Presentation Structure
Other Real-Life Situation
Real-Life Situation
Other Real-Life Situation
application
extraction
Knowledge Issue (recognized)
Knowledge Issue(s) (developed)
progression
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• Example 1
• Conspiracy Theories
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of this
  structure?

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Conspiracy
Da Vinci Code
Why do conspiracy theories exist?
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Conspiracy
Da Vinci Code
Why do conspiracy theories exist?
People believe whats most appealing
Different Interpretations of the same facts
Biases affecting conclusions drawn
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Conspiracy
Da Vinci Code
Death of Benazir Bhutto
Death of JFK
Why do conspiracy theories exist?
People believe whats most appealing
Different Interpretations of the same facts
Biases affecting conclusions drawn
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Example 2

• Limits of Science
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of this
  structure?

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Limits of Science
Documentary on the Large Hadron Collider
How far is science limited in finding out the
truth about reality?
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Limits of Science
Documentary on the Large Hadron Collider
Nature of scientific method
How far is science limited in finding out the
truth about reality?
Definitions of science
Definition of reality
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Limits of Science
Documentary on the Large Hadron Collider
Colour illusions
Astronomy
Limits of human sensory perception
Situations not amenable to experimentation
Nature of scientific method
How far is science limited in finding out the
truth about reality?
Problems of inductive reasoning
Role of technology in science
Incompatibility between scientific and moral
claims
Definitions of science
Definition of reality
Differences between how and why questions
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Limits of Science
Documentary on the Large Hadron Collider
Gödels theorem
Colour illusions
Astronomy
Limits of human sensory perception
Situations not amenable to experimentation
Nature of scientific method
Mathematics Axioms must be taken for granted
How far is science limited in finding out the
truth about reality?
Problems of inductive reasoning
History the past is beyond our grasp
Role of technology in science
Human sciences Human behaviour is unpredictable
Incompatibility between scientific and moral
claims
Definitions of science
Definition of reality
Differences between how and why questions
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Limits of Science
Documentary on the Large Hadron Collider
Medicine HIV treatment
Gödels theorem
Colour illusions
Astronomy
Limits of human sensory perception
Situations not amenable to experimentation
Nature of scientific method
Mathematics Axioms must be taken for granted
How far is science limited in finding out the
truth about reality?
Problems of inductive reasoning
History the past is beyond our grasp
Successes of science?
Role of technology in science
Human sciences Human behaviour is unpredictable
Incompatibility between scientific and moral
claims
Definitions of science
Definition of reality
Differences between how and why questions
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Limits of Science
Documentary on the Large Hadron Collider
Medicine HIV treatment
Gödels theorem
Colour illusions
Astronomy
Limits of human sensory perception
Situations not amenable to experimentation
Nature of scientific method
Mathematics Axioms must be taken for granted
How far is science limited in finding out the
truth about reality?
Problems of inductive reasoning
History the past is beyond our grasp
Successes of science?
Role of technology in science
Human sciences Human behaviour is unpredictable
Incompatibility between scientific and moral
claims
Definitions of science
Definition of reality
Differences between how and why questions
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• Example 3
• Claims in History
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of this
  structure?

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Claims in History
President Ahmedinejads denial of the Jewish
Holocaust
Description of Holocaust Auschwitz
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Claims in History
President Ahmedinejads denial of the Jewish
Holocaust
Description of Holocaust Auschwitz
Under what circumstances can a historical claim
be considered valid?
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Claims in History
President Ahmedinejads denial of the Jewish
Holocaust
Description of Holocaust Auschwitz
Importance of history Understanding the
present Predicting the future Knowing identity
Other problems gaps, language issues, past
interpreted in terms of present, etc.
Under what circumstances can a historical claim
be considered certain?
Why should we care about historical truth?
Is there a True history?
Role of bias and Interpretation in
history emotion, culture, etc.
Explanation of the concept of validity in
relation to historical evidence
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Claims in History
President Ahmedinejads denial of the Jewish
Holocaust
Description of Holocaust Auschwitz
Wall Street crash
Phlogiston
Witchhunt of communists in USA
Importance of history Understanding the
present Predicting the future Knowing identity
Other problems gaps, language issues, past
interpreted in terms of present, etc.
Under what circumstances can a historical claim
be considered valid?
Why should we care about historical truth?
Is there a True history?
Role of bias and Interpretation in
history emotion, culture, etc.
Explanation of the concept of validity in
relation to historical evidence
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Claims in History
President Ahmedinejads denial of the Jewish
Holocaust
Description of Holocaust Auschwitz
Wall Street crash
Phlogiston
Witchhunt of communists in USA
Validity of claims in Mathematics and Science
Importance of history Understanding the
present Predicting the future Knowing identity
Other problems gaps, language issues, past
interpreted in terms of present, etc.
Under what circumstances can a historical claim
be considered valid?
Validity of claims in Art
Why should we care about historical truth?
Is there a True history?
Validity of claims in Ethics
Role of bias and Interpretation in
history emotion, culture, etc.
Explanation of the concept of validity in
relation to historical evidence
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Claims in History
President Ahmedinejads denial of the Jewish
Holocaust
Description of Holocaust Auschwitz
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Wall Street crash
Phlogiston
Witchhunt of communists in USA
Validity of claims in Mathematics and Science
Importance of history Understanding the
present Predicting the future Knowing identity
Other problems gaps, language issues, past
interpreted in terms of present, etc.
Under what circumstances can a historical claim
be considered valid?
Validity of claims in Art
Why should we care about historical truth?
Is there a True history?
Validity of claims in Ethics
Role of bias and Interpretation in
history emotion, culture, etc.
Explanation of the concept of validity in
relation to historical evidence