CLARIFICATION: THIS INFORMATION WAS ELIGIBLE ON 2024. THE IB PROGRAM
CHANGES THEIR GUIDES FROM TIME TO TIME. THE GUIDE HAS BEEN RECENTLY
CHANGED ON 2020, SO THIS INFORMATION WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME YEARS
FROM NOW ON. DUE THE OBJECTS CAN BE COPIED, THERE WON’T BE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECTS I PICKED, NOR OBJECTS YOU CAN DIRECTLY
PICK.
1. PICK YOUR QUESTION.
The IB Program uses the same questions every year:
- 1. What counts as knowledge?
- 2. Are some types of knowledge more useful than others?
- 3. What features of knowledge have an impact on its reliability?
- 4. On what grounds might we doubt a claim?
- 5. What counts as good evidence for a claim?
- 6. How does the way that we organize or classify knowledge affect what we know?
- 7. What are the implications of having, or not having, knowledge?
- 8. To what extent is certainty attainable?
- 9. Are some types of knowledge less open to interpretation than others?
- 10. What challenges are raised by the dissemination and/or communication of
knowledge?
- 11. Can new knowledge change established values or beliefs?
- 12. Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?
- 13. How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement upon past
knowledge?
- 14. Does some knowledge belong only to particular communities of knowers?
- 15. What constraints are there on the pursuit of knowledge?
- 16. Should some knowledge not be sought on ethical grounds?
- 17. Why do we seek knowledge?
- 18. Are some things unknowable?
- 19. What counts as a good justification for a claim?
- 20. What is the relationship between personal experience and knowledge?
- 21. What is the relationship between knowledge and culture?
- 22. What role do experts play in influencing our consumption or acquisition of
knowledge?
- 23. How important are material tools in the production or acquisition of knowledge?
- 24. How might the context in which knowledge is presented influence whether it is
accepted or rejected?
- 25. How can we distinguish between knowledge, belief and opinion?
- 26. Does our knowledge depend on our interactions with other knowers?
- 27. Does all knowledge impose ethical obligations on those who know it?
- 28. To what extent is objectivity possible in the production or acquisition of
knowledge?
- 29. Who owns knowledge?
- 30. What role does imagination play in producing knowledge about the world?
- 31. How can we judge when evidence is adequate?
- 32. What makes a good explanation?
- 33. How is current knowledge shaped by its historical development?
- 34. In what ways do our values affect our acquisition of knowledge?
CHANGES THEIR GUIDES FROM TIME TO TIME. THE GUIDE HAS BEEN RECENTLY
CHANGED ON 2020, SO THIS INFORMATION WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME YEARS
FROM NOW ON. DUE THE OBJECTS CAN BE COPIED, THERE WON’T BE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECTS I PICKED, NOR OBJECTS YOU CAN DIRECTLY
PICK.
1. PICK YOUR QUESTION.
The IB Program uses the same questions every year:
- 1. What counts as knowledge?
- 2. Are some types of knowledge more useful than others?
- 3. What features of knowledge have an impact on its reliability?
- 4. On what grounds might we doubt a claim?
- 5. What counts as good evidence for a claim?
- 6. How does the way that we organize or classify knowledge affect what we know?
- 7. What are the implications of having, or not having, knowledge?
- 8. To what extent is certainty attainable?
- 9. Are some types of knowledge less open to interpretation than others?
- 10. What challenges are raised by the dissemination and/or communication of
knowledge?
- 11. Can new knowledge change established values or beliefs?
- 12. Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?
- 13. How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement upon past
knowledge?
- 14. Does some knowledge belong only to particular communities of knowers?
- 15. What constraints are there on the pursuit of knowledge?
- 16. Should some knowledge not be sought on ethical grounds?
- 17. Why do we seek knowledge?
- 18. Are some things unknowable?
- 19. What counts as a good justification for a claim?
- 20. What is the relationship between personal experience and knowledge?
- 21. What is the relationship between knowledge and culture?
- 22. What role do experts play in influencing our consumption or acquisition of
knowledge?
- 23. How important are material tools in the production or acquisition of knowledge?
- 24. How might the context in which knowledge is presented influence whether it is
accepted or rejected?
- 25. How can we distinguish between knowledge, belief and opinion?
- 26. Does our knowledge depend on our interactions with other knowers?
- 27. Does all knowledge impose ethical obligations on those who know it?
- 28. To what extent is objectivity possible in the production or acquisition of
knowledge?
- 29. Who owns knowledge?
- 30. What role does imagination play in producing knowledge about the world?
- 31. How can we judge when evidence is adequate?
- 32. What makes a good explanation?
- 33. How is current knowledge shaped by its historical development?
- 34. In what ways do our values affect our acquisition of knowledge?
