Essential Questions

  • I. How Do We Know What We Know?
  • II. What Are The Problems of Knowledge?
  • III. What is the role of Perception in attaining Knowledge?
  • IV. How does Language influence how he gain Knowledge?
  • V. How does our use of Reason help or hinder us as we attempt to gain knowledge?
  • VI. Is Emotion the best way to gain knowledge?

Blink # 2

October 23

Please copy and paste this question on to your blog and answer it:

From the website, please read Pages 67-85: The Chapter entitled, Seven Seconds in The Bronx.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/375808/Malcolm-Gladwell-Blink-The-Power-Of-Thinking-Without-Thinking

Then, go through each section and explain how it applies to our study of Perception. Just write 2-3 sentences and be sure to provide a quote to support your argument.

The Sections are:
1. Three Fatal Mistakes
2. The Theory of Mind Reading
3. The naked Face
4. A Man, A Woman and a Lightswitch
5. Arguing with a Dog
6. Running Out of White Space
7. Something Told Me...
8. Tragedy on Wheeler Ave.

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