An Introduction to Arts and Sciences

http://www.world-war-pictures.com/war-artist-mark-gertler.htm

Office number H439 Email daryl.culp@humber.ca Phone 416-675-6622 x8938 Course website:

◦ learn.humber.ca ◦ Course outline

Assignment breakdown, late penalty◦ Course schedule

Due dates◦ Online readings

What does it mean to be human?

Psychological, sociological, political, scientific perspectives

How do we know? Don Tapscott, “It’s not what you

know, it’s how you think” http://myclass.peelschools.org/sec/12/36479/Homework/Short%20Works%20Unit/Non%20Fiction/Don%20Tapscott%27s%20Speech.pdf

Jacques-Louis David, “The Death of Socrates” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

“the unexamined life is not worth living” Note-taking exercise: Listen to the story of

Socrates and write down the 3 most important points.

Plato was a student of Socrates who wrote down his dialogues.

One of the most famous is the “Allegory of the Cave.”

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/platoscave.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F7GhASOdM

Study strategies books suggest 5 steps for reading in order to extract information from a text.

1. Survey 2. Question 3. Read 4. Recite 5. Review

Socrates’ question has been updated in a recent movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8e-FF8MsqU

How is the matrix like the shadows in Plato’s cave?

Should we doubt everything? (even what we see)! http://plus.maths.org/content/visual-curiosities-and-mathematical-

paradoxes

From the study guide: Socrates says “education” (cultural formation)

is like being in a cave since childhood. Why? ◦ Pink Floyd, "We Don't Need No Education"

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwTpZpwjtIE

Plato’s solution was to say that there is a reality beyond our senses.

For example: think of a circle The most accurate description of a circle is the

idea expressed in the equation: (x-a)2 + (y-b)2 = r2

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/circle-equations.html

Aristotle had the opposite idea: Aristotle: “All men by nature desire to

know” Metaphysics Book 1 http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/metaphysics.1.i.html

What you see is what you get!