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May 2026 TOK Essay titles
Themes & Areas Of Knowledge (AOK)
Knowledge & The Knower
1. Knowledge, Belief & Opinion
2. Contestable Knowledge
3. How are we shaped as knowers?
3aAre there situations where “knowing how” is more important than “knowing
4. Do we really know ourselves?
5 How much of our knowledge depends on our interactions with other knowers?
6. Are there types of knowledge that are specifically linked to particular
7. How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement on past Knowled
8. What constitutes as good reason for us to accept a claim?
9. Are intuition, evidence, reasoning, consensus and authority all equally
9a.How do empathy and imagination help us to understand other perspectives?
10.Does knowledge always require some kind of rational basis?
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of requiring that all knowle
12. Responsibilities of Knowing Something
13. Ethical Judgements
14. When moral claims conflict.
Knowledge and Politics
1. What is Politics?
2. Liberal Democracy
3. Political Leaders
4. What shapes political views?
5. Technology
6. Referendums
7. Perspectives
8. Language and Reasoning
9. Civil Disobedience
10. The future?
Knowledge and Language
Scope -Language
Perspectives - Language
Methods -Language
Ethics - Language
Knowledge and Technology
How has technology had an impact on collective memory and how knowledge is
What is the difference between “data”, “information” and “knowledge”?
Does technology allow knowledge to reside outside of human knowers?
New developments
AOKs
AOK: History
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Formative Assessment
3. Why is history different?
4. Who are we?
5. Empathy
6a. Perspective
6b. Are different perspectives beneficial?
7. Is History unique?
8. Senses
9. Past vs Present
10. History & Privacy
AOK: Natural Sciences
0. Knowledge Framework
1. Scientific Method
2. Pseudoscience
3. Weaknesses
4. Paradigm Shifts (& more)
5. When Scientists disagree
6. Ethical Constraints
AOK: Human Sciences
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope
3. Perspectives
4. Methods and Tools
4a. Measuring Emotions
5. Ethics
AOK: Arts
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope: What is art?
3.Scope: Intentions
4. Perspectives: audience and context
5. Methods and Tools
6. Ethics
AOK: Maths
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope - Invented or discovered
3. Scope - Maths & other AOKs
4. Methods & Tools - Proofs
5. Perspectives
6. Ethics
TOK Talks programme
TOK
Home
Concepts
Exhibition Prompts
TOK Exhibiton Examples
Top Tips for your Exhibiton Commentary
Reading/Watching Ideas
TOK Essay
TOK Exemplar Essays
May 2026 TOK Essay titles
Themes & Areas Of Knowledge (AOK)
Knowledge & The Knower
1. Knowledge, Belief & Opinion
2. Contestable Knowledge
3. How are we shaped as knowers?
3aAre there situations where “knowing how” is more important than “knowing
4. Do we really know ourselves?
5 How much of our knowledge depends on our interactions with other knowers?
6. Are there types of knowledge that are specifically linked to particular
7. How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement on past Knowled
8. What constitutes as good reason for us to accept a claim?
9. Are intuition, evidence, reasoning, consensus and authority all equally
9a.How do empathy and imagination help us to understand other perspectives?
10.Does knowledge always require some kind of rational basis?
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of requiring that all knowle
12. Responsibilities of Knowing Something
13. Ethical Judgements
14. When moral claims conflict.
Knowledge and Politics
1. What is Politics?
2. Liberal Democracy
3. Political Leaders
4. What shapes political views?
5. Technology
6. Referendums
7. Perspectives
8. Language and Reasoning
9. Civil Disobedience
10. The future?
Knowledge and Language
Scope -Language
Perspectives - Language
Methods -Language
Ethics - Language
Knowledge and Technology
How has technology had an impact on collective memory and how knowledge is
What is the difference between “data”, “information” and “knowledge”?
Does technology allow knowledge to reside outside of human knowers?
New developments
AOKs
AOK: History
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Formative Assessment
3. Why is history different?
4. Who are we?
5. Empathy
6a. Perspective
6b. Are different perspectives beneficial?
7. Is History unique?
8. Senses
9. Past vs Present
10. History & Privacy
AOK: Natural Sciences
0. Knowledge Framework
1. Scientific Method
2. Pseudoscience
3. Weaknesses
4. Paradigm Shifts (& more)
5. When Scientists disagree
6. Ethical Constraints
AOK: Human Sciences
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope
3. Perspectives
4. Methods and Tools
4a. Measuring Emotions
5. Ethics
AOK: Arts
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope: What is art?
3.Scope: Intentions
4. Perspectives: audience and context
5. Methods and Tools
6. Ethics
AOK: Maths
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope - Invented or discovered
3. Scope - Maths & other AOKs
4. Methods & Tools - Proofs
5. Perspectives
6. Ethics
TOK Talks programme
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Home
Concepts
Exhibition Prompts
TOK Exhibiton Examples
Top Tips for your Exhibiton Commentary
Reading/Watching Ideas
TOK Essay
TOK Exemplar Essays
May 2026 TOK Essay titles
Themes & Areas Of Knowledge (AOK)
Knowledge & The Knower
1. Knowledge, Belief & Opinion
2. Contestable Knowledge
3. How are we shaped as knowers?
3aAre there situations where “knowing how” is more important than “knowing
4. Do we really know ourselves?
5 How much of our knowledge depends on our interactions with other knowers?
6. Are there types of knowledge that are specifically linked to particular
7. How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement on past Knowled
8. What constitutes as good reason for us to accept a claim?
9. Are intuition, evidence, reasoning, consensus and authority all equally
9a.How do empathy and imagination help us to understand other perspectives?
10.Does knowledge always require some kind of rational basis?
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of requiring that all knowle
12. Responsibilities of Knowing Something
13. Ethical Judgements
14. When moral claims conflict.
Knowledge and Politics
1. What is Politics?
2. Liberal Democracy
3. Political Leaders
4. What shapes political views?
5. Technology
6. Referendums
7. Perspectives
8. Language and Reasoning
9. Civil Disobedience
10. The future?
Knowledge and Language
Scope -Language
Perspectives - Language
Methods -Language
Ethics - Language
Knowledge and Technology
How has technology had an impact on collective memory and how knowledge is
What is the difference between “data”, “information” and “knowledge”?
Does technology allow knowledge to reside outside of human knowers?
New developments
AOKs
AOK: History
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Formative Assessment
3. Why is history different?
4. Who are we?
5. Empathy
6a. Perspective
6b. Are different perspectives beneficial?
7. Is History unique?
8. Senses
9. Past vs Present
10. History & Privacy
AOK: Natural Sciences
0. Knowledge Framework
1. Scientific Method
2. Pseudoscience
3. Weaknesses
4. Paradigm Shifts (& more)
5. When Scientists disagree
6. Ethical Constraints
AOK: Human Sciences
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope
3. Perspectives
4. Methods and Tools
4a. Measuring Emotions
5. Ethics
AOK: Arts
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope: What is art?
3.Scope: Intentions
4. Perspectives: audience and context
5. Methods and Tools
6. Ethics
AOK: Maths
1. Knowledge Framework
2. Scope - Invented or discovered
3. Scope - Maths & other AOKs
4. Methods & Tools - Proofs
5. Perspectives
6. Ethics
TOK Talks programme
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of requiring that all knowledge is verified?
Rethinking One of Psychology's Most Infamous Experiments
In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram's electric-shock studies showed that people will obey even the most abhorrent of orders. But recently, researchers have begun to question his conclusions—and offer some of their own.
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