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    BQ1 Foundations Lesson 8

    Descartes vs.
    Locke
    I can say whether I follow a rational or empirical
    approach to knowledge
    Self-guided TOK lessons
    ● This presentation has been designed for you work on autonomously.
    ● Obviously, feel free to look anything up on the Internet as well, but make sure you attribute any
    ideas you use.
    ● For the final ‘exit’ question, write a fully explained, justified answer, and submit to Google
    Classroom.

    ● Prepare the presentation (check slide #6) and upload it to Managebac.


    Starter
    How do you know with
    certainty that you’re not part of
    the Matrix, and that the reality
    you see is just an illusion?
    Representing
    rationalism...

    Listen to the podcast on


    Descartes’s approach to
    knowledge

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/
    programmes/p02pdc6n

    What are the fundamentals


    of rationalism?
    Representing
    empiricism...

    Find out about


    John Locke – how did
    his ideas differ from
    Descartes?

    Which ways of
    knowing do you think
    both men valued in
    order to acquire
    knowledge?
    4-slide Produce a Google Slides presentation, with the
    following content:
    presentations
    ● Slide 1 An outline of Descartes’s approach to
    knowledge
    ● Slide 2 An outline of Locke’s approach to
    knowledge
    ● Slide 3 An explanation of which approach you
    prefer, and why
    ● Slide 4 A bibliography slide

    You MUST include in your presentation a link to the


    coherence and correspondence truth tests. You can
    find the information sheet attached to get you started.
    Exit
    Which areas of
    knowledge and optional
    themes lend themselves
    more naturally to
    rationalism?

    Which ones to
    empiricism?
    ● During this lesson, we consider the highlighted aspects of the TOK course
    Linking this lesson to the ● Also note the images used in the presentation slides, which can give students ideas
    about selecting their exhibition objects

    CORE THEME OPTIONAL THEMES AREAS OF TOK ASSESSMENT


    KNOWLEDGE

    Indigenous societies The arts The TOK essay


    Knowledge & the
    knower
    Language History

    Politics The human sciences The TOK exhibition


    course

    Religion Mathematics

    Technology The natural sciences

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