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The May 2024 TOK Essay Titles

Below are the Theory of Knowledge Essay prescribed titles for the May 2024 session.

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The May 2024 TOK Essay Prescribed Titles

 

  1. Is subjectivity overly celebrated in the arts but unfairly condemned in history? Discuss with reference to the arts and history.

  2. How can we reconcile the opposing demands for specialization and generalization in the production of knowledge? Discuss with reference to mathematics and one other area of knowledge.

  3. Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.

  4. Do we underestimate the challenges of taking knowledge out of its original context and transferring it to a different context? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.

  5. Do we need custodians of knowledge? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.

  6. Are we too quick to assume that the most recent evidence is inevitably the strongest? Discuss with reference to the natural sciences and one other area of knowledge.

 


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