TOK RESOURCES
EMOTION (WAY OF KNOWING)
Bazan, Tony. The power of social intelligence. Harper Collins, 2002.
Bradbury, Travis, & Greaves, Jean. The emotional intelligence quick book. Fireside, 2005.
Evans, Dylan. Emotion (A very short introduction series) Oxford, 2003.
Goleman, Daniel. Emotional intelligence and working with emotional intelligence. Blooms- bury,
2004.
Goleman, Daniel. Social intelligence. Bantam Dell, 2006
LANGUAGE (WAY OF KNOWING)
Chomsky, Noam. Language and mind.Cambridge, 2006.
Crystal, David. Words, words, words.Oxford, 2007.
Matthews, Pater. Linguistics (A very short introduction).Oxford, 2003.
Pinker, Steven. The language instinct: How the mind creates language. Harper Collins, 1994 .
Pinker, Steven. The stuff of thought: Language as a window into human nature. Penguin, 2008.
SENSE PERCEPTION (WAY OF KNOWING)
Morris, Desmond. People watching, the guide to body language, 2nd ed. Vintage, 2002.Naik,
Anita. Body talk.Ticktock, 2009.
REASON (WAY OF KNOWING)
Mlodinow, Leonard. The drunkard’s walk: how randomness rules our lives. Penguin, 2009.
Priest, Graham. Logic (A very short introduction).Oxford, 2001.
Robinson, Dave Introducing empiricism.Totem Book, 2004.
Weston, Anthony. A rulebook for arguments.Hackett, 2000.
KNOWLEDGE
Blackburn, Simon. Think. Oxford, 1999.
de Bono, E Six thinking hats. Penguin, 1985.
Pinker, S. How the mind works. Penguin, 1997.
Woolf, Alex. Artificial intelligence.Hodder& Stoughton, 2002.
TRUTH AND BELIEF
Lynch, Michael P. True to life: Why truth matters. The MIT Press, 2005.
Zizek, Slavoj. On Belief.Routledge, 2001.
ETHICS
Barad, Judith. The ethics of Star Trek.Harper Collins, 2000.
Blackburn, Simon. Being good: a short introduction.to ethics. Oxford, 2001.
Singer, Peter. Writings on an ethical life.Harper Collins, 2000.
Thompson, Mel. Ethical theory.Hodder Murray, 2005.
CRITICAL THINKING
Czerner, T What makes you tick? The brain in plain English.Wiley, 2001.
Fisher, Alice. Critical thinking: An introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Sim , Stuart. Introducing critical theory.Icon Books, 2001.
EPISTEMOLOGY / THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
Cardinal,Daniel. Epistemology: The theory of knowledge. John Murray, 2004.
Morton, Adam. A guide though the theory of knowledge. Blackwell, 1997.
Moser, Paul K. Mulder, Dwayne H., & Trout, J. D. The theory of knowledge: A thematic
introduction. Oxford University Press, 1998.
PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IDEAS
Abel, Reuben. Man is the measure. The Free Press, 1976.
Blackmore, Susan. Consciousness (A very short introduction).Oxford, 2003.
Craig, Edward. Philosophy ( A very short introduction). Oxford, 2002
Dupre, Ben. 50 philosophy ideas you really need to know. Quercus, 2007.
Hamilton, Sue. Indian philosophy (A very short introduction).Oxford, 2001.
Horner, Chris. Thinking through philosophy: An introduction. Cambridge, 2000.
Phelan, JW. Philosophy Themes and Thinkers: An introduction. Cambridge, 2005.
Will, Durant. The Story Of Philosophy : An introduction.Simon and Schuster.
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE
Arnold, John. History (A very short introduction).Oxford, 2000.
Baker, Joanne. 50 physics ideas you really need to know. Quercus, 2007
Brooks, Michael. 13 things that don’t make sense: The most baffling scientific mysteries of our
time. Doubleday, 2008.
Carr, E. H. What is history? Penguin, 1961.
Crilly, Joy. 50 mathematical ideas you really need to know. Quercus, 2007.
Dixon, Thomas. Science and religion (A very short introduction). Oxford 2008.
Dolby, R.G.A. Uncertain knowledge: An image of science for a changing world. Cambridge,
1996.
Hawkings, Stephen. The universe in a nutshell.Bantam Book, 2001.
Hoggan, James. Climate cover-up: The crusade to deny global warming. Greystone Book, 2009.
Okasha, Samuel. Philosophy of science (A very short introduction).Oxford, 2002.
Rafferty, M. 100 book that shaped world history. Bluewood Book, 2002.
Sardar, Ziauddin, &Borin Van Loon.Introducing cultural studies.Totem Book, 1998.
Singh, Patwant. The world according to Washington: An Asian view. UGI Perspectives, 2004.
Wolke, Robert. L. What Einstein told his barber: More scientific answers.Dell Publications, 2000.
Fritjof,Capra. The Tao of Physics: An introducing. Harper Collins. 1976.
Tierney, Brian. Great Issues in Western Civilization: Random House.1967.
Chambers,Mortimer. The Western Experience: An introducing Alfred A. Knopf.1974.
Jackson, Dr.Bianca. Defining Moments in History: Cassell Illustrated.2008.
Evans, Mike. Defining Moments in Art: Cassell Illustrated.2008.
GENERAL
Gaardner, Jostein. Sophie’s World: A novel about the history of philosophy. Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 1991.
Lagemaat, Richard van de.Theory of knowledge.Cambridge, 2005.
McArthur’s Universal Corrective Map of the World (upside-down map), Universal Press Pty.
(Australia). Other maps include the Hobo-Dyer Map (equal area projection), also available from
http://www.odt. Org; Peters Projection World Maps, 4th ed., due fall 2010 (available from http:
//www.petrsmap.com).
Paul, Anthea. Real girls’ stories. Allen &Unwin, 2004.
Zouev, Alexander. Three: The ultimate student’s guide to acing your Extended Essay and The
ory of Knowledge. Zouev Publishing, 2008.
DVDS
A Beautiful Mind, Universal Studios, 2001.
Bowling for Columbine, MGM, 2002.
Fahrenheit 9/11, Sony Pictures, 2004.
Fahrenhype 9/11, Trinity Home Entertainment, 2005.
An Inconvenient Truth, Paramount, 2006.
Lost in Translation, Universal Studios, 2004.
The Matrix, Warner, 1999.
Memento, Lions Gate, 2000.
Six Sense
Nell, 20th Century Fox, 1994.
Rabbit-proof Fence, Miramax, 2002.
Supersize me, Sony, 2004.
The Terminal, Show, Paramount, 1998
Twelve Angry Men, MGM, 1957.
Vanilla Sky,Parmount, 2001
What the Bleep Do We Know!?, 20 th Century Fox, 2004
PERIODICALS
In practice a wide range of periodicals may contain articles that would be useful for TOK
purposes, but listed below are amongst those that are often mentioned:
Atlantic Monthly
The Economist
New Internationalist
New Scientist
Philosophy Now
Psychology Today
The Smithsonian
The World Today
BBC Knowledge