anonymous timed writing consider this statement: “i am satisfied with the course so far.” 1....
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Anonymous Timed Writing
Consider this statement: “I am satisfied with the course so far.”
1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree
Write the number and briefly explain what you like most and least about the course or any comments and suggestions you may have.
What Do I Know?
Epistemology: theory/study of knowledge How is the word ”know” used in the following
examples? 1. I know that George Washington was the first
American President. 2. I know how to speak German. 3. I know John Hitt. (1) propositional knowledge (2) knowledge-how (3) knowledge by acquaintance
What is knowledge?
The classical definition: justified true belief
The Myth of the Cave
Men living in an underground cave Been there since childhood Cannot turn their heads Puppet show Hear talking/sounds
The Myth of the Cave
“Do you think, in the first place, that such men could see anything of themselves and each other except the shadows which the fire casts upon the wall of the cave in front of them?”
“If they could converse with one another, do you not think that they would consider these shadows to be the real things?”
The Myth of the Cave
What if one man was freed? Could he name the objects?
What if one man was dragged into the light? Could he see anything? It would take time to see “the things themselves”
He would feel pity for those left in the cave
The Myth of the Cave
“The realm of the visible should be compared to the prison dwelling, and the fire inside it to the power of the sun.”
“…in the intelligible world the Form of the Good is the last to be seen, and with difficulty…”
“Education…then is the art of doing this… turning around, the knowledge of how the soul can most easily and most effectively be turned around; it is not the art of putting the capacity of sight into the soul…”
Faculty (within the soul) Object (out there)
KNOW-LEDGE
Reason (Dialectic) Higher Forms (Beauty, Justice, Truth, etc.
Intelligible WorldLit by the Form of the Good
Understanding (based on assumptions)
Forms of Math and Science
OPINION Perception, Belief Particular Things - Living and Artificial
Visible or Sensible WorldLit by the Sun
Conjecture, Imagining Shadows, Images, Reflections, Copies