Monday, October 02, 2017

In-class writing for Monday

On the board: Actually, maybe I am not sure I truly believe that I believe this, but I do want to believe that I believe this.


5 minutes in your notebook: Quickly reread Carlo Rovelli’s answer and consider this final sentence. What do you like about this sentence? What do you feel is problematic about this sentence? Does it work as a final sentence, and if so why? If not, why not?


(Also, Alison Gopnik refers to Dan Dennett’s answer, which is not reprinted in this group, but can be found online here. Basically, his answer is a rather Wittgensteinian “I believe, but cannot yet prove, that acquiring a human language (an oral or sign language) is a necessary precondition for consciousness.”)

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