Theory of Knowledge - A New Synthesis

ISBN 9780992522490

George R. Pruitt

This companion follows the curricular framework outlined in the IB Diploma Programme’s Theory of knowledge guide (First Assessment 2015).  

• Full color.

• Extensively illustrated including over 70 outstanding illustrations by student-artists created specifically for this text.

• Full discussions and analyses of knowledge questions related to timely real-life situations to help students prepare for successful TOK presentations.

• Unrelenting focus on generating and persuasively analyzing incisive knowledge questions.

• Focus on the metaphor of knowledge as a mental map rather than on narrow philosophical definitions.

• Emphasis on the distinction between personal and shared knowledge and constructive use of the former to avoid predictable “textbook” examples.

• Written in a fresh, cogent, appealing, accessible and responsible academic style that serves as a model for students as they prepare their TOK essays for “global impression marking”.

Further Information:

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• Chess Worksheet