How might we see parallels to contemporary examples or issues?
Compare the plight of the people who live in Plato’s cave with the uneducated people of our world.
July 28, 2019How do you see ontological and epistemological knowledge systems shifting in the advent of science-based predictions of future living conditions for all species?
July 28, 2019How might we see parallels to contemporary examples or issues?
Question Description
You do not need to respond to all the readings for a given class, as long as your comments reveal a strong and in-depth reading of one of the texts. Commenting on two texts for a particular class is considered one post.
In approximately two paragraphs, cover some of the following:
- What is the main or central argument?
- How does the author make this argument? (Working through specific examples, and/or other authors and their terms and concepts?)
- What are the key terms, concepts, or distinctions used in this argument?
- In what ways is/are the argument/s or particular claim/s surprising, counterintuitive, or perhaps even problematic?
- How might we see parallels to contemporary examples or issues?
- In what ways might the author’s claims require a reexamination or response?
2 complete paragraph / 400-500 words
film: Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988), 131 min.
