R. Moyer Fall 2008. Justified True Belief… …but, what does that mean? R. Moyer Fall 2008.

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How is education a conversation? R. Moyer Fall 2008

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Random TOK Stuff  List 5 things that you know…  Now…explain how you know them?  Compare your list with others’… ….do you really know them? R. Moyer Fall 2008

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R. Moyer Fall 2008 Justified True Belief but, what does that mean? R. Moyer Fall 2008 Random TOK Stuff List 5 things that you know Nowexplain how you know them? Compare your list with others .do you really know them? R. Moyer Fall 2008 The Problem of Knowing R. Moyer Fall 2008 Not static Has a history that changes over time Yesterdays revolution in thought > todays common sense > tomorrows superstition R. Moyer Fall 2008 Contradicting Beliefs R. Moyer Fall 2008 Astronomy Astrology Dinosaurs 65 million years ago Humans and Dinosaurs together Art? Junk? Particulars. Reflection Journals Think Questions R. Moyer Fall 2008 Most people do not think that there is a problem of knowledge. Knowledge is nothing more than organized common sense. R. Moyer Fall 2008 Common sense consists of little more than vague and untested beliefs Based on such things as Prejudice Hearsay Blind appeals to authority R. Moyer Fall 2008 Map of reality that includes our ideas of What is true and what is false What is reasonable and what is unreasonable What is right and what is wrong Only a fool would rip up the map, but you should be willing to subject it to critical scrutiny. R. Moyer Fall 2008 Think of as many different ways as you can in which the world map shown is Inaccurate Based on arbitrary conventions Culturally biased Do you think it would be possible to make a perfect map of a city? What would such a map look like? How useful would it be? R. Moyer Fall 2008 Distorts relative size of land masses Areas further from the equator seem larger Africa is in reality 14 times larger than Greenland Based on the notion that the northern hemisphere is on top No label saying this way up Eurocentric Exaggerates size In the middle R. Moyer Fall 2008 Accurately reflects relative sizes Distorts their shape Inverts positioning Pacific center R. Moyer Fall 2008 Why? R. Moyer Fall 2008 WRITERSCIENTIST Shakespeare Dante Newton Galileo R. Moyer Fall 2008 If a map is to be useful, then it must of necessity be imperfect. R. Moyer Fall 2008 La trahison des images 192829 by Belgian Surrealist painter Ren Magritte As Magritte himself commented: "The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, its just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture This is a pipe, Id have been lying!" R. Moyer Fall 2008 What are clear and unambiguous definitions of the terms? What are the differences in the relationships between the terms? truth knowledgeunderstanding informationwisdom Typed 2 pages double-spaced Times New Roman font (12) 1 inch margins Make sure that you support your analysis with concrete evidence and information from our discussions on the Problem of Knowing R. Moyer Fall 2008 List five things that you dont know but would like to know. Which item on your list will you: Never know? Probably never know? Probably know at some point? Definitely know at some point? R. Moyer Fall 2008 Schooling? Other forms of authority (books, film, etc.)? Experience? Observation? Reasoning? Practice? Religious means? Any other means? R. Moyer Fall 2008 Group worktry to agree on a equivalent list for the human race. What should the human race strive to know? Are there any forms of knowledge for which the human race should not strive? R. Moyer Fall 2008 Language Perception Reason Emotion Look at your list of 5 can you link to the WOK? Faith??? R. Moyer Fall 2008 No such thing as absolute truth that exists in an objective way independent of what anyone happens to believe is true. Truth is relative and may be different for different individuals or for different cultures. NPR Chinese girlfriend caller True for me or false for you All points of view are of equal value The Earth is round? R. Moyer Fall 2008 If its true for them they believe its true Santa Claus All truth is relative. --Contradictory R. Moyer Fall 2008 Judgment Balance of skepticism with open-mindedness Gullibility Weekly World Report Tabloids Skepticism Just because and idea does not fit our currently accepted theories does not necessarily mean that it is wrong. R. Moyer Fall 2008 Evidence Positive evidence Argument ad ignorantiamthe fact that you cant prove that something isn't true does nothing to show that it is true. Confirmation Biasfinding evidence that supports our beliefs Coherence Does it fit in with our current understanding of things. R. Moyer Fall 2008