Something to Think about

This week we continue with the first argument and Wise (smile), as we move forward in WLTC. There will be another pop quiz in the next two weeks as we shift to arguments based on definition as we read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.

We will also look at flawed thinking or fallacies (Chapter 6).

Today's Freewrite:

Looking at Chapter 5 in WLTC, reflect on the following concept: How have other's perceptions of you changed how you define yourself? Who controls the definition? Why did you change or did you?

Are definitions static or mutable? How does language confuse what we know is true versus what we believe is true? Are the two knowledge and belief the same if they have similar outcomes?

Think about abstract symbols like race and love and hate and color. How do writers ground abstraction so that the meaning is clear?

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Read pp. 101-105. Complete the exercise on pp. 105-106.

Note the terms abstraction and evasion. When is abstraction an attempt to evade a truth? (See pp. 106-109). Read pp. 106-108. Complete exercise 5C (108-109).

Homework:
Complete exercises 5D and 5E (pp. 110-113). Bring to class on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Read pp.113-115. We will complete Exercise 5F in class.