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?

Language Essay Re-Write

This week's optional assignment consists of you re-writing your Language Essay. If you simply re-write the essay on your blog, I will add up to 4 extra credit points. If you wish to get up to 7 extra credit points, please re-write the essay on the blog, adding my comments from the graded rubric. If you do add, please put in red on the blog. For the full 10 extra credit points, rewrite the essay on the blog, add my comments, and then add anything from the Abel Questions that we discussed in class. For example, maybe address Inscrutability of Reference or Chomsky's Linguistic Competence in terms of sign language. For full credit, please post the essay by Wednesday, March 18th.

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