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# Theory of Knowledge
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## Knowledge questions and claims
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There are two types of knowledge **claims**:
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- First-order claims: claims that are made in areas of knowledge or by individual knowers about the world
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- Second-order claims: claims that are made about **knowledge** justified using TOK, usually involving an examination of the nature of knowledge
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!!! example
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- The sky is blue. (first-order)
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- Logic is innate. (second-order)
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Knowledge **questions** are questions that examine or engage with knowledge claims, such as by including any of the following phrases:
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- How can we know that…
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- …knowledge…
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- How far is it justified…
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!!! example
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Is our knowledge in mathematics more certain than that of science?
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## Knowledge themes and areas
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The main areas of knowledge are:
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- History
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- Human sciences
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- Natural sciences
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- Mathematics
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- Arts
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The main themes of knowledge are:
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- Knowledge and technology
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- Knowledge and language
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- Knowledge and politics
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- Knowledge and religion
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- Knowledge and indigenous studies
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## Resources
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