How Many Faces?
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Common Cents
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| Only one of these images of a penny is correct. Which one is it? Check your answer and find out "what's going on" by clicking on a coin. |
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TFY C2 Web Links
| Web Links | |
| Concept | |
| Here Answers.com broadens our understanding of the word concept through dictionary and encyclopedia definitions as applied to philosophy and the sciences. | |
| Etymology | |
| This site offers an etymologic quiz for guessing the origins of words. Can you get the right answers on the basis of logical reasoning? | |
| From Senses to Words | |
| Study the way Diane Ackerman uses language to explore “the mute sense” of smell in this excerpt taken from her book A Natural History of the Senses. Click on “Search inside this book” to read the first pages of this excerpt. | |
| Malcolm X | |
| Learn more about this charismatic figure, his life and career. | |
| Theories about Truth | |
| Compare your findings about definitions to this Wikipedia discussion that includes philosophical theories about the nature of truth. | |
| Truth | |
| At Humanityquest.com compare the definitions of truth given in a long list of dictionaries. You might also try the same for the word reality. You can also do a Google search on the wordtruth that will bring up a list of definitions across the web. | |
| Word Connotation | |
| At this site note how the word connotation is given numerous definitions. Studying and comparing each one can help us expand our understanding of the meaning of the term. |
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Harvard University’s list of skills that make an “educated person
The ability to define problems without a guide.
The ability to ask hard questions which challenge prevailing assumptions.
The ability to quickly assimilate needed data from masses of irrelevant information.
The ability to work in teams without guidance.
The ability to work absolutely alone.
The ability to persuade others that your course is the right one.
The ability to conceptualize and reorganize information into new patterns.
The ability to discuss ideas with an eye toward application.
The ability to think inductively, deductively and dialectically.
The ability to attack problems heuristically.
The ability to ask hard questions which challenge prevailing assumptions.
The ability to quickly assimilate needed data from masses of irrelevant information.
The ability to work in teams without guidance.
The ability to work absolutely alone.
The ability to persuade others that your course is the right one.
The ability to conceptualize and reorganize information into new patterns.
The ability to discuss ideas with an eye toward application.
The ability to think inductively, deductively and dialectically.
The ability to attack problems heuristically.
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