Episode 1 - Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust

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TBD with John and Aaron

John McDonald and Aaron Vigar

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8 months ago

The Eminem and Dr. Dre of ToK podcasting return with an examination of another Theory of Knowledge essay question. Some areas we cover you may like to know more about: Banana on a wall: https://www.gq.com/story/suddenly-the-koons-is-this-100k-banana 1619 Project https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html Herodotus, the 'father of history' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A542ixwyBhc&ab_channel=TED-Ed Enjoy

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Episode 1 - Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust - To what extent is this true?

TBD with John and Aaron

1 hour 8 minutes

4 years ago

Episode 1 - Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust - To what extent is this true?

In our first episode we address the following prompt taken from the May 2021 IB Theory of Knowledge essay questions: “Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust.” Diversions/Examples include: - The flat earth guy - A duplicitous professor from John's past - Going blind from drinking moonshine - Aaron distrusts cats. Get in touch: feedback.tbd@gmail.com Sources (of varying quality) on moonshine: https://www.reddit.com/r/firewater/comments/cv4bu8/methanol_some_i...