Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• You will keep a running list of these. You will
  turn them in approximately every 2 weeks so do
  not put on the same page with your notes.
• Write the date, then respond to the prompt.
• Please use complete sentences.
• The minimum length is 3-4 complete, well-crafted
  sentences.
• 8/28/13
• What is knowledge? What is wisdom? Are they
  gained or learned? How/why?

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Allegory of the Cave

• From Platos The Republic

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Connections

• What is knowledge?
• Where does one gain knowledge?
• Who imparts knowledge?
• Are knowledge and
• wisdom the same?

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The Story

• Socrates is talking to a young follower of his
  named Glaucon.
• Philosopher a lover of wisdom
• Allegory extended metaphor in which the objects,
  people, and actions are equated with something
  else
• Truth vs. Ignorance

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Directions

• Read the discussion between Socrates and Glaucon.
• Turn to a neighbor and identify
• Main idea/theme
• 3 major points that helped you identify the theme

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Breakdown

• Prisoners in a dark cave
• Represent the uneducated
• Mistake appearance for reality
• book versus shadows

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Analysis

• We acquire concepts by our perceptual experience
  of physical objects.
• We would be mistaken to believe what we grasp is
  the same as what we perceive.
• The path to knowledge is sometimes painful, but
  generally we dont want to turn back the clock.
• Believing people have to be taught in order to
  know anything is wrong it is already there, we
  just have to unlock it.

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Maslows Hierarchy
Self-actualization---------------------------- E
steem----------------------------------- Love/Bel
onging----------------- Safety------------------
-- Physiological----
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Fostering Change

• Uneducated cannot foster change because he/she
  doesnt have the skills
• Over-educated cannot foster change because
  he/she does not feel the need, but feels the
  world is pleasant already
• Therefore.WHO fosters change?