TOK: If pushed too far, can open-mindedness itself become restrictive? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.

TOK: If pushed too far, can open-mindedness itself become restrictive? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.

History

Arts

Keywords

Thesis Statement

"Open-mindedness" - receptivness to new ideas, often different than your own

"pushed too far" - testing one's limitations and boundaries

"restrictive" - imposing restriction on one's activites

Argument #1: Open-mindedness becomes too restrictive when it starts countering fact - needs to fall under the boundaries of ‘what we know’, of documented evidence.

Eval: Open-mindedness helps uncover new perspectives, and theories.

Argument #2: Becomes too restrictive when cultural and ethical obligations; tailoring history to make it fit within the boundaries of religion.

KF: Ethics / Perspectives / Scopes

Argument #1: Scope of art is limited to the artists’ Ethical and personal boundaries

Argument #2: Creative freedoms - breaking written rules and theories of art - breaking “rules” means push too far.

KF: Ethics / Perspectives / Methods and Tools

Elton John

Iggy Azalea: cultural appropriaton

RLE: USS Eldrige

RLE: Jodha Akhbar

In History, open-mindedness becomes restrictive through the quality and objectivity of the evidence, and in Art, the focus is on the artists versus the audience ethical boundaries.

Breakdown

Focus on the artist: the extent to which they are pushed to be open-minded.

Point of view on the audience - restrictive in their open-mindedness due to the unethical or unsatisfactory nature of the work