Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Put On Your Thinking Cap



Please read the questions below. Select one and write your thoughts on the question. It should have personal and real world examples that support your thoughts. It should be at least 150 words and no more then 200 words. Your thoughts maybe read in class, by you.

1. How do “believing that” and “believing in” differ? How does belief differ from
knowledge?

2.Is common sense just what is taken for granted in a community? How can we
decide when to question common sense?

3. To what extent can we act individually in creating new knowledge? What are the
strengths of working in a knowledge community? What are the dangers?

4. Do we need to grow up in a human community in order to develop ways of knowing
(sense perception, language, reason and emotion)? Or are we born “hard wired” to
be able to use them? Is community more important in some ways of knowing than others?

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