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LEARNING TARGETS
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VALUES AND ATTITUDES
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Lesson 3
Our Minds at Work
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DIG DEEPER
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Would you be able to get out of your own
cave?
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
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Philosophy and Reality
Give five widely-known truths in
the world that turned out to be
false.
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Philosophy and Reality
1. Why is it important to understand how philosophy relates to reality?
2. How can we distinguish between truth and belief?
3. How does the Allegory of the Cave help us understand reality and knowledge?
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Stoplight
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PHOTO CREDITS
Slide 5: Magnifying glass tool vector icon by Openclipart is licensed under CC0 via Public domain vectors.
Slide 6: Stone cave by Public Domain Vectors is licensed under CC0 via Public domain vectors.
Slide 7: File:An Illustration of The Allegory of the Cave, from Plato’s Republic.jpg by 4edges is licensed under CC BY-SA
via Wikimedia Commons.
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REFERENCES
Audi, Robert. “Philosophy: A Brief Guide for Undergraduates.” American Philosophical Association, 2017.
https://www.apaonline.org/page/undergraduates.
Solomon, Robert C. and Kathleen M. Higgins. The Big Questions. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning, 2006.
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