TOK IA 2.0By Chris Blondeau

QUESTIONS OF INTEREST• In what ways do the beliefs of a culture affect the beliefs of the

individuals in that culture?• How is individual/independent thought affected by the knowledge of a

culture?• When does culture implicate knowledge on individuals? • Do your beliefs define your culture?• Do the beliefs define the culture, or does the culture define the beliefs?

CULTURE

•Well, what is a culture?

INDIVIDUALSWell what is an individual? • So, to what extent does this affect the beliefs of the individuals in the

culture?

BRAIN AND EDUCATION• Surely this indulgence in ones culture has been implemented for some

time in an individuals life, being that the knowledge of a culture is almost instantly accepted, and rarely questioned.

• What does education have to do with it then?

BRAIN AND EDUCATION PART DEUX

• "The more I learn, the more I realize more and more that how I think and feel is different“

• WELCOME TO TOK CLASS, this is what we have been working on for the past year.

EXAMPLES OF CULTURE• The Nazis are the most cynical, and diabolical culture in the world. This is

common knowledge to mostly all of the cultures on our planet. But lets flip the table, and see what the Nazis saw.

• Lets apply this to something most people can relate to.

EXAMPLES OF CULTURE PART DEUX

• In the culture of Christianity….• To me, this is ridiculous. • But with this insight, look at the Nazis.

• That is the point I am trying to make. That the knowledge of a culture affects an individual’s knowledge, and their ability to question knowledge

EXAMPLES OF CULTURE PART THREE

•Continuing on, lets evaluate the Muslim Brotherhood’s culture.

DO YOUR BELIEFS DEFINE YOUR CULTURE?

•Yes they do!

So, how does this affect independent thought?

CONCLUSIONS

CITATIONS• http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/individualsandcultures• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785480 • Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

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