Language
What language do deaf people think in?
What language do deaf people think in? Can we think without language? If you had never heard language would you use it to articulate your thoughts? Do babies think in a language of sorts? If you can’t articulate your internal thoughts in linguistic form have you really thought them at all? Is language integral to our understanding of ourselves? Do we need our brain chatter to be formed into words, rather than feelings, in order to make sense of our emotions?
How Twitter can change history
This is a fascinating discourse on the ways in which communication technology has changed and how it now has the potential to aid / create real change. Reading the discussion blogs underneath it also proves interesting for debate.
click here for the link to Clay Shirky’s How Twitter can change history.
Everything Connects -TOK
Emily Levine talks about science, maths, society and they way that everything connects. As a philosopher/comedian the discussion that results is very funny. Her work, whilst being hilarious, also makes serious connections between hard science and pop culture, between what we say and what we secretly assume.
The content is a little risque in parts- be warned.
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Projecting Identity and Creating it- Communication TOK
Renny Gleeson talks about the fact that what we experience now is far less interesting than what we’ll tweet about it later. As we lose the context of our identity then it becomes clear that the context that we share our identity through in fact become the reality of it. People aren’t projecting identity they are creating it. The language they are using, and the forms in which they communicate it are becoming increasingly important in constructing our reality.
His take on the subject lasts 3 mins and is an excellent thought point.
Click here for the link to the TED talk
Maths as a Creative Art
There is far more to mathematics than the rigid application of formal rules to meaningless systems of symbols. For some, it is creative, imaginative, deeply satisfying and in some ways similar to those disciplines sometimes considered diametrically opposed to mathematics, the arts.
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Verbal and Non Verbal Communication
Children communicate in a non verbal way often because they do not have the emotional maturity or the linguistic skills to speak about their feelings. This is painfully obvious in those children who have been emotionally damaged.
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In My Language highlights the different methods of communication.
The author is autistic and has a different way of communicating with the world. It causes us to ask difficult questions of ourselves.
This is brings into the fore questions about the purpose of language, what is the function of communication as well as highlighting whether words are a necessary part of our interaction with the world.
Click here for the link
Questions on the Truman Show
Question Sheet
Relevant to both the TOK course and the RE AS
The film focusses upon issues of perception and reality, Plato’s Cave, knowledge and truth.
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TOK Connections Perception/ Knowledge
A stimulus sheet - pictures / buzz words
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The Language of Love
Love- every language has a word for love. Love is a basic human emotion.
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