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Useful TOK resource on the Arts including some very insightful and discussable definitions of Art. Kenneth Clark's definition of a Masterpiece is particularly relevant and challenging.

"New Web Series Will Challenge Your Narrow Definition Of Art"

"Descartes's Arguments for Universal Doubt and the "Cogito" Argument (An Outline of Meditations 1,2) The argument for universal doubt: A. The dream argument: 1. I often have perceptions very much like the ones I usually have in sensation while I am dreaming. 2. There are no definite signs to distinguish dream experience from waking experience. therefore,"

"In delivering aid to drought-stricken California last week, President Obama and his aides cited the state as an example of what could be in store for much of the rest of the country as human-caused climate change intensifies. But in doing so, they were pushing at the boundaries of scientific knowledge about the relationship between climate change and drought. While a trend of increasing drought that may be linked to global warming has been documented in some regions, including parts of the Mediterranean and in the Southwestern United States, there is no scientific consensus yet that it is a worldwide phenomenon. Nor is there definitive evidence that it is causing California's problems."

"So, what sort of things should we be teaching if we wanted to foster "ethical literacy"? What would count as a decent grounding in moral philosophy for the average citizen of contemporary, pluralistic societies? What follows is in no way meant to be definitive. It's not based on any sort of serious empirical data around people's familiarity with ethical issues. It's a just tentative stab (wait, can you stab tentatively?) at a list of things people should ideally know about ethics, and based, on what I see in the classroom and, online, often don't."

"On July 29, Mr. Christie's lawyer will argue in Hawaii federal court that his client should be allowed to present a religious-freedom defense at the eventual criminal trial. He will base his argument on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed by Congress in 1993, which requires the government to show a "compelling interest" whenever it "substantially burdens" a religious practice. In 2006, the Supreme Court relied on the act to permit a New Mexico church to use the hallucinogen hoasca, or ayahuasca, for sacramental purposes."