Core concepts and vocabulary from the IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK) core component, including ways of knowing and areas of knowledge. Front: the term or concept. Back: a plain-language definition.
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- Sense perception
- One of the six ways of knowing; the use of our five senses to gather information about the world.
- Reason
- One of the six ways of knowing; the use of logic and rational thought to acquire and evaluate knowledge.
- Emotion
- One of the six ways of knowing; the use of feelings and emotional responses to understand and create meaning.
- Language
- One of the six ways of knowing; the use of words and symbols to communicate and construct knowledge.
- Intuition
- One of the six ways of knowing; direct understanding or knowing without conscious reasoning.
- Memory
- One of the six ways of knowing; the ability to retain and recall past experiences and information.
- Natural Sciences
- An area of knowledge concerned with the study of the physical and biological world.
- Human Sciences
- An area of knowledge that uses scientific methods to study human behavior and society.
- History
- An area of knowledge that studies past events and interprets evidence to understand how societies and people developed.
- Arts
- An area of knowledge that creates and interprets human creative expression through various forms and media.
- Ethics
- An area of knowledge concerned with moral principles and the question of how we should live and behave.
- Religious Knowledge
- An area of knowledge centered on beliefs, practices, and understanding related to spirituality and religion.
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- An area of knowledge consisting of beliefs, practices, and understandings developed by indigenous communities through experience.
- Mathematics
- An area of knowledge that studies patterns, quantities, and relationships using abstract symbols and logic.
- Knowledge
- Justified true belief; information and understanding that can be proven or reasonably established.