“The quality of knowledge produced by an academic discipline
is directly proportional to the duration of historical development
of that discipline.”
Theory Of Knowledge
IB Prescribed Title Essay
“The quality of knowledge produced by an academic discipline is directly proportional to
the duration of historical development of that discipline.” Explore this claim with reference to
two disciplines.
The quality of knowledge a person gains from a certain discipline has direct correlation
with the duration of the historical development. From this statement, I can assume that the longer
a person has been or looked into a field of academic knowledge, the truer the statements made by
a person is more valid. The more time spent studying, the more valid the information is such as a
person that studied medicine for years know a lot more than someone who only studied for a few
months. Over time the testing and supporting methods have developed in area of History that
stipulate techniques and guidelines for historians to use primary sources and other evidence for
research and to write history essentially requiring external criticism, internal criticism, and
