Taxonomy Distribution Report

Overview

• Total Concepts: 275
• Number of Taxonomies: 12
• Average Concepts per Taxonomy: 22.9

Distribution Summary

Category	TaxonomyID	Count	Percentage	Status
Discipline Methods	METH	55	20.0%	✅
Themes and Perspectives	THEM	47	17.1%	✅
Misinformation and Fact Checking	MISN	25	9.1%	✅
Reasoning and Argumentation	ARGU	25	9.1%	✅
Foundation Concepts	FOUND	18	6.5%	✅
Skepticism and Critical Thinking	SKEP	18	6.5%	✅
Cognitive Biases	BIAS	17	6.2%	✅
Evidence and Justification	EVID	15	5.5%	✅
Areas of Knowledge	AOK	15	5.5%	✅
Ethics and Values	ETHC	15	5.5%	✅
TOK Assessment and Skills	ASMT	13	4.7%	✅
Theories of Knowledge	THEO	12	4.4%	✅

Visual Distribution

Discipline Methods        ██████████  55 ( 20.0%)
Themes and Perspectives   ████████  47 ( 17.1%)
Misinformation and Fact C ████  25 (  9.1%)
Reasoning and Argumentati ████  25 (  9.1%)
Foundation Concepts       ███  18 (  6.5%)
Skepticism and Critical T ███  18 (  6.5%)
Cognitive Biases          ███  17 (  6.2%)
Evidence and Justificatio ██  15 (  5.5%)
Areas of Knowledge        ██  15 (  5.5%)
Ethics and Values         ██  15 (  5.5%)
TOK Assessment and Skills ██  13 (  4.7%)
Theories of Knowledge     ██  12 (  4.4%)

Balance Analysis

✅ No Over-Represented Categories

All categories are under the 30% threshold. Good balance!

Category Details

Discipline Methods (METH)

Count: 55 concepts (20.0%)

Concepts:

• 1. Axioms
• 1. Mathematical Proof
• 1. Abstraction
• 1. Mathematical Modeling
• 1. Formal Systems
• 1. Empiricism
• 1. Rationalism
• 1. Certainty in Mathematics
• 1. Beauty in Mathematics
• 1. Incompleteness Theorems
• 1. Scientific Method
• 1. Falsifiability
• 1. Hypothesis Testing
• 1. Replication
• 1. Peer Review
• ...and 40 more

Themes and Perspectives (THEM)

Count: 47 concepts (17.1%)

Concepts:

• 1. Knowledge and the Knower
• 1. Identity and Knowledge
• 1. Culture and Knowledge
• 1. Personal Epistemology
• 1. Emotion and Knowledge
• 1. Intuition
• 1. Sense Perception
• 1. Imagination in Knowing
• 1. Memory as Knowledge Source
• 1. Metacognition
• 1. Knowledge and Language
• 1. Language as Tool
• 1. Language as Constraint
• 1. Meaning
• 1. Ambiguity
• ...and 32 more

Misinformation and Fact Checking (MISN)

Count: 25 concepts (9.1%)

Concepts:

• 1. Misinformation
• 1. Disinformation
• 1. Malinformation
• 1. Propaganda
• 1. Fact Checking
• 1. Claim Verification
• 1. Source Verification
• 1. Lateral Reading
• 1. Debunking
• 1. Prebunking
• 1. Inoculation Theory
• 1. Media Literacy
• 1. News Literacy
• 1. Information Literacy
• 1. Deepfakes
• ...and 10 more

Reasoning and Argumentation (ARGU)

Count: 25 concepts (9.1%)

Concepts:

• 1. Argumentation
• 1. Premises
• 1. Conclusions
• 1. Inductive Reasoning
• 1. Deductive Reasoning
• 1. Persuasion
• 1. Valid Arguments
• 1. Sound Arguments
• 1. Strong Induction
• 1. Weak Induction
• 1. Logical Fallacies
• 1. Ad Hominem Fallacy
• 1. Straw Man Fallacy
• 1. Appeal to Authority
• 1. False Dilemma
• ...and 10 more

Foundation Concepts (FOUND)

Count: 18 concepts (6.5%)

Concepts:

• 1. Knowledge
• 1. Belief
• 1. Truth
• 1. Justification
• 1. Evidence
• 1. Certainty
• 1. Objectivity
• 1. Subjectivity
• 1. Perspective
• 1. Bias
• 1. Knowledge Claims
• 1. Personal Knowledge
• 1. Shared Knowledge
• 1. Propositional Knowledge
• 1. Procedural Knowledge
• ...and 3 more

Skepticism and Critical Thinking (SKEP)

Count: 18 concepts (6.5%)

Concepts:

• 1. Critical Thinking
• 1. Skepticism
• 1. Scientific Skepticism
• 1. Philosophical Skepticism
• 1. Cartesian Doubt
• 1. Pyrrhonian Skepticism
• 1. Healthy Skepticism
• 1. Pseudoscience
• 1. Demarcation Problem
• 1. Unfalsifiable Claims
• 1. Conspiracy Theories
• 1. Denialism
• 1. Science Denial
• 1. Intellectual Virtues
• 1. Intellectual Courage
• ...and 3 more

Cognitive Biases (BIAS)

Count: 17 concepts (6.2%)

Concepts:

• 1. Cognitive Biases
• 1. Confirmation Bias
• 1. Anchoring Bias
• 1. Availability Heuristic
• 1. Cultural Bias
• 1. Selection Bias
• 1. Observer Bias
• 1. Groupthink
• 1. Dunning-Kruger Effect
• 1. Motivated Reasoning
• 1. Hindsight Bias
• 1. Framing Effect
• 1. Bandwagon Effect
• 1. Authority Bias
• 1. Status Quo Bias
• ...and 2 more

Evidence and Justification (EVID)

Count: 15 concepts (5.5%)

Concepts:

• 1. Empirical Evidence
• 1. Testimonial Evidence
• 1. Statistical Evidence
• 1. Anecdotal Evidence
• 1. Burden of Proof
• 1. Standards of Evidence
• 1. Sufficient Evidence
• 1. Absence of Evidence
• 1. Source Evaluation
• 1. Provenance
• 1. Corroboration
• 1. Credibility
• 1. Reliability
• 1. Methodology
• 1. Verification

Areas of Knowledge (AOK)

Count: 15 concepts (5.5%)

Concepts:

• 1. Areas of Knowledge
• 1. Mathematics AOK
• 1. Natural Sciences AOK
• 1. Human Sciences AOK
• 1. History AOK
• 1. The Arts AOK
• 1. Ethics AOK
• 1. Indigenous Knowledge
• 1. Religious Knowledge
• 1. Methods of Inquiry
• 1. Interdisciplinary Inquiry
• 1. Cross-Cultural Knowledge
• 1. Epistemological Frameworks
• 1. Ways of Knowing
• 1. Scope and Application

Ethics and Values (ETHC)

Count: 15 concepts (5.5%)

Concepts:

• 1. Moral Reasoning
• 1. Deontological Ethics
• 1. Consequentialism
• 1. Virtue Ethics
• 1. Moral Relativism
• 1. Moral Universalism
• 1. Ethical Dilemmas
• 1. Consent in Research
• 1. Representation
• 1. Intellectual Property
• 1. Ethics of AI
• 1. Bioethics
• 1. Ethical Implications
• 1. Faith and Reason
• 1. Authority in Knowledge

TOK Assessment and Skills (ASMT)

Count: 13 concepts (4.7%)

Concepts:

• 1. Knowledge Questions
• 1. Open-Ended Questions
• 1. Debatable Questions
• 1. Prescribed Titles
• 1. TOK Essay
• 1. TOK Exhibition
• 1. Real-World Objects
• 1. Reflective Thinking
• 1. Socratic Dialogue
• 1. Inquiry-Based Learning
• 1. Knowledge Framework
• 1. Hermeneutics
• 1. Capstone TOK Portfolio

Theories of Knowledge (THEO)

Count: 12 concepts (4.4%)

Concepts:

• 1. Correspondence Theory
• 1. Coherence Theory
• 1. Pragmatic Theory of Truth
• 1. Justified True Belief
• 1. Gettier Problem
• 1. Fallibilism
• 1. Epistemic Humility
• 1. Intersubjectivity
• 1. Value-Laden Inquiry
• 1. Knowledge Production
• 1. Knowledge Dissemination
• 1. Knowledge Validation

Recommendations

• ✅ Good balance: Categories are reasonably distributed (spread: 15.6%)
• ✅ MISC category minimal: Good categorization specificity

Educational Use Recommendations

• Use taxonomy categories for color-coding in graph visualizations
• Design curriculum modules based on taxonomy groupings
• Create filtered views for focused learning paths
• Use categories for assessment organization
• Enable navigation by topic area in interactive tools

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Report generated by learning-graph-reports/taxonomy_distribution.py