September 5
Please copy and paste this question on to your blog and answer it:
From the website http://www.gladwell.com/ read the article from The New Yorker Archive, Do Parents Matter? (Aug. 17, 1998). Please click here to read: http://www.gladwell.com/1998/1998_08_17_a_harris.htm
Then, read another article by the same title, Do Parents Matter? from Levitt and Dubner's website relating to their book Freakonomics. http://freakonomicsbook.com/thebook/chapter.html Please click here to read: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-05-03-parents-edit_x.htm
How would Gladwell respond to the identity question from August 27th? How would Levitt and Dubner respond? Do you agree with their argument? Why or why not?
Knowers & Knowing III
September 10
Using the comments feature below, please write a response to the following question:
"How do we Know what we Know? What evidence do you have to support your claim?
Using the comments feature below, please write a response to the following question:
"How do we Know what we Know? What evidence do you have to support your claim?
Knowers and Knowing IV
September 15
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From the website, please read Introduction and 1st Chapter (PDF File) from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
Please click here to read: http://www.michaelpollan.com/omnivore_excerpt.pdf
Did any information in the book come as a surprise to you? If so, why do you think that specific piece of knowledge was kept from you? Does the producer of this knowledge have any responsibility? What is your responsibility as a knower?
Please copy and paste this question on to your blog and answer it:
From the website, please read Introduction and 1st Chapter (PDF File) from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.
Please click here to read: http://www.michaelpollan.com/omnivore_excerpt.pdf
Did any information in the book come as a surprise to you? If so, why do you think that specific piece of knowledge was kept from you? Does the producer of this knowledge have any responsibility? What is your responsibility as a knower?
Knowers & Knowing V
September 17
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From the website http://www.gladwell.com/ read the article from The New Yorker Archive, The Trouble With Fries (Mar. 5, 2001).
Click here: http://www.gladwell.com/2001/2001_03_05_a_fries.htm
How would Gladwell respond to the responsibility question from September 15th?
Please copy and paste this question on to your blog and answer it:
From the website http://www.gladwell.com/ read the article from The New Yorker Archive, The Trouble With Fries (Mar. 5, 2001).
Click here: http://www.gladwell.com/2001/2001_03_05_a_fries.htm
How would Gladwell respond to the responsibility question from September 15th?
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