What do you know essay assignment (due 9/19)
In an essay of 250-300 words, describe something you know from history or science. In your essay discuss not only what you know, but how you know it. Due 9/19. Consider these questions:
- What is it that you “know”? Describe it in as much detail as you can.
- Where did you learn it from: Did someone teach it to you? Did you read about it in a book? What's your source?
- What evidence do you have that what you know is true?
- Where might you look to gather more knowledge about this subject?
- Using Plato's allegory, does your knowledge fit in the world of "shadows" or of "forms"? Why?