By now in TOK you are probably a bit skeptical: what can we know to be true? Is there anything? We know there are knowledge issues with art, ethics, history, social sciences, and even natural sciences. But, what about mathematics? Consider the statement from "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time": Mr. Jeavons said that I liked maths because it was safe. He said I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting but there was always a straightforward answer at the end. And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers at the end. I know he meant this because this is what he said. (Haddon 61-62) |
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