In Two Minds

July 31, 2015

Being in two minds usually refers to occasions when we struggle to make up our minds about choices in front of us, like whether to have the healthy option for lunch or indulge one last time before we begin that diet tomorrow. One could also use the expression for when...

Thinking: Fast or Slow?

June 10, 2015

For most of human history we have assumed our decisions to be the result of a conscious and rational process, and that we are in control of our most of our decisions and actions most of the time. Now a whole raft of research and books has called this into question and...

Binary Logic

May 7, 2015

The human brain seems to mostly operate using a default binary operational system. Our experience of the world often seems to come to us in the form of either/or choices between two mutually exclusive options. This expresses itself in what philosophers call...

Believing and Learning

April 20, 2015

We are used to coming across the phrase “seeing is believing” on a pretty regular basis. It is assumed to mean that the most important basis for taking anything to be true is to have a direct experience of it. However, is there something to be said for a positive role...

Does Faith as a WoK Work?

March 9, 2015

The introduction of Faith as a Way of Knowing will have ruffled quite a few feathers and marked a significant departure in the IB’s historically staunch secularism. For the Doubting Thomases out there I would like to offer some justifications for Faith’s...

TOK blog: “Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.”

January 31, 2015

Today I bid farewell to readers of this TOK blog.  You will find me blogging on my own site Activating TOK  starting in a day or two.  I’ve really enjoyed blogging with OSC for the sense belonging to an educational community, but for now I want to direct my...