journal 3

3/5/2013

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Please reflect on one scene from the movie that you believe highlights where
we have difficulties in knowing the truth.   For example, what ways does someone
else's bias or influence persuade our perspective of truth? (This is one
approach to a knowledge issue.  You do not need to stick with this one, you may
see something else worth talking about instead.  You have a bit of freedom with
this journal entry.)
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journal 2

2/23/2013

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“By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in
solitude. Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies—all these are private and,
except through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable.”

• What is the
role of culture and language in the perceptual process? Given the partially
subjective nature of sense perception, how can different knowers ever agree on
what is perceived? Do people with different cultural or linguistic backgrounds
live, in some sense, in different worlds?
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JOURNAL #1

2/12/2013

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Hi everyone! Please send your comments/entries on the quote above. You have until Sat., Feb 16. Late contributions will not be receive a grade. Please remember to post the same text on MANAGEbac (go to your ToK profile and click on JOURNAL, which should be on the right-hand side of the screen) and to SIGN the entry. Enjoy!
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