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The document discusses how nurturing contrasting perspectives from different areas of study can contribute to the health of an academic discipline. It defines key terms like health, nurture, contrasting and perspectives. It also provides examples of academic disciplines like literature, history and ethics that could provide different perspectives. The document poses knowledge questions about how contrasting perspectives from various areas of study can help assure the health of a discipline by adding credibility, balance and legitimacy.

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TOK Notes Prompt 6 PDF

The document discusses how nurturing contrasting perspectives from different areas of study can contribute to the health of an academic discipline. It defines key terms like health, nurture, contrasting and perspectives. It also provides examples of academic disciplines like literature, history and ethics that could provide different perspectives. The document poses knowledge questions about how contrasting perspectives from various areas of study can help assure the health of a discipline by adding credibility, balance and legitimacy.

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“One way to assure the health of a discipline is to nurture contrasting perspective.

”
Discuss this claim.

- Health: Credibility, Balance, Legitimacy, Reputation, Strength, Usefulness

- Nurture: implies desire or need for contrasting perspectives

- Contrasting: opposites

- Perspectives: POV, interpretation

- One: Can also mean that corresponding perspectives is one way to assure the health of a
discipline

Triangulation of Data: the more eyes that see the same thing then that thing should be true

Literature

History

Ethics

“Does having more perspectives lead to having a better outcome?”

Are more perspectives better for this field of knowledge

choose AOK’s (any amount)

Knowledge Questions:

- How does having contrasting perspectives contribute to the health of a discipline (basic,
assured B)

- To what extent does the health of a discipline necessitate contrasting perspectives (complex,
probably A)

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