Dear Students:
I am out at a swim meet today but you all shall continue the reading and thinking without me. Please find below links to articles/podcasts I need you to read and annotate and respond to before Monday.
Epistemology: the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
Listen to the podcast “The Personality Myth” and annotate and take notes in your notebook.
Afterward, relate back to what we discussed and read in DFW's "This is Water" commencement speech. Think about what he said regarding our personalities and beliefs: "As if a person's most basis orientation toward the world, and the meaning of his experience was somehow just hard-wired, like height or shoe-size; or automatically absorbed from culture, like language. As if how we construct meaning were not actually a matter of personal, intentional choice."
Now, synthesize the two sources and relate them to the study of epistemology (defined above). Think about where our personality and beliefs come from and how we construct meaning. How much of our personality and beliefs are a by product of our surroundings, biology/genetics, our experiences, etc? Can we change our personalities over time? Or are they something intrinsic to us and unchangeable? Write a response in your notebook using evidence from both the DFW speech and the podcast. Cite when applicable.
I am out at a swim meet today but you all shall continue the reading and thinking without me. Please find below links to articles/podcasts I need you to read and annotate and respond to before Monday.
Epistemology: the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
Listen to the podcast “The Personality Myth” and annotate and take notes in your notebook.
Afterward, relate back to what we discussed and read in DFW's "This is Water" commencement speech. Think about what he said regarding our personalities and beliefs: "As if a person's most basis orientation toward the world, and the meaning of his experience was somehow just hard-wired, like height or shoe-size; or automatically absorbed from culture, like language. As if how we construct meaning were not actually a matter of personal, intentional choice."
Now, synthesize the two sources and relate them to the study of epistemology (defined above). Think about where our personality and beliefs come from and how we construct meaning. How much of our personality and beliefs are a by product of our surroundings, biology/genetics, our experiences, etc? Can we change our personalities over time? Or are they something intrinsic to us and unchangeable? Write a response in your notebook using evidence from both the DFW speech and the podcast. Cite when applicable.