Day 13 (9/3): The Cogito

Aims and Objectives:

to encourage students to reflect on the central question, “How do we know that?”, and to recognize the value of asking that question
to expose students to ambiguity, uncertainty and questions with multiple plausible answers
to encourage students to be more aware of their own perspectives and to reflect critically on their own beliefs and assumptions

Essential Questions:

What is the role of skepticism in our approach to knowledge construction?
How weird is it that we can actually, really, know anything at all?

Agenda:

The Cogito

Descartes: cogito ergo sum
An Introduction to Radical Skepticism
Putnam: The Brain in a Vat
"The Matrix"
Nick Bostrom on why you are probably living in a computer simulation

Homework:

CAS Blog due Sunday - our next CAS day is Friday

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