Website links and documents compiled by W. Collazo for Use in TOK Classes at Deerfield Beach High School

Disclaimer: I have very carefully inspected and included sites that are educational in nature, offering a wide range of information on topics.  However, given the complexity of some of these sites (especially those that are updated daily), I have not been able to follow all the links and examine every single article associated with them.  Students must act in accordance with the Broward County Use of Technology and the Internet Policy they agree to and sign at the beginning of each school year with regard to materials that may not be viewed by minors.

Essential Resources

TOK Curriculum Guide 2020 (For first assessments 2022) - This IB-published guide (pdf file) is intended for teachers, but is full of information, context, and questions useful for students.  Find the complete explanations of and assessment criteria for both the External Assessment (TOK Essay) and the Internal Assessment (TOK Exhibition) in this document.

Class Resources

TED Talks Online - This website is a treasure trove of "great talks to stir your curiosity."

Writing the TOK Essay (an excerpt from the Dombrowski ToK textbook we use)

Writing Philosophy Papers (Peter Horban, Simon Fraser University, 1993) 

Writing Counter Arguments (PDF File)

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary - An online dictionary to provide definitions for discussion, NOT for citation as THE definition used in your TOK writings & essays!

Online Etymology Dictionary - This is a great site for learning about the origins of English words, NOT their definitions.

Turnitin.com - This site will be used for an additional measure of anti-plagiarism.

National Public Radio - This is a great site for Knowledge-at-Work source material.

Code of Academic Integrity at Cornell (Cornell University's Code of Academic Conduct, adopted originally in 1976 and amended several times throughout the years)

Ethical Practice - Published by IBO

Philosophy and Mathematics - Click on the MP3 download on the right of the page for the lecture to which it refers.

Academy of Ideas - This is an interesting website that includes short videos on philosophical ideas and some of the people behind them.  It contains other resources that may be of use to you as well.

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - This is an online peer-reviewed academic resource on major topics in philosophy.

Philosophy: An Online Resource Guide (Wise Old Sayings) - This site is a one stop shop of useful links for background information on philosophy.

Philosophy Education Resource Guide (SmartScholar) - This site is a launch platform for a number of useful sites to learn more about philosophy.

The Philosophy of Logic - This is an interesting and useful resource that summarizes key points related to our discussions on logic.

Skeptic Online - This website dedicated to promoting the publication and features numerous interesting articles that make you question some of the conventional wisdom in these scientific fields.

IB Related Resources

May 2024 Schedule of IB Examinations - the complete schedule of exams divided into morning and afternoon exams

IB Notes - This site is useful for ALL IB courses, with online resources for all IB courses.

Some Knowledge Claims for Your Consideration:

Believe those who are seeking the truth.  Doubt those who find it. - Andre Gide

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. - Rene Descartes

The more one knows, the more one will be able to control events. - Francis Bacon

Knowledge is only one half.  Faith is the other. - Novalis

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow you do not know it-this is knowledge. - Confucius

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. 

- Frank Herbert

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. -  Isaac Asimov

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth. - Peter Abelard

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. 

- Samuel Johnson

The new source of power is not money in the hands of the few but information in the hands of the many. - John Naisbitt

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.  

- Marcel Proust

Wisdom is perishable.  Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book.  It expires with each passing generation. - Sid Taylor

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. - Voltaire

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both. - Horace Mann

Be brave. Take risks.  Nothing can substitute experience. - Paulo Coelho

Faith is a knowledge within the heart beyond the reach of proof. - Khalil Gibran

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. - John Adams

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. - Carl Sagan

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. - Thomas Reid

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. - Anton Chekov

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. - Daniel J. Boorstin

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. - Immanuel Kant

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. - Bruce Lee