1. Discuss Activities 1.1(2), 1.2(1), 1.3, 1.4
Activity 1.1: Do you think it would be possible to make a perfect map of a city? What would such a map have to look like? How useful would it be?
Making a perfect map of a city wouldn't be possible because it is impossible to make a perfect detailed replica of what a city looks like while also scaling it down. For the map of a city to be absolutely perfect it would also have to be the exact size of the city and then it would be rendered obsolete and impractical. It would not to be very useful at all.
Activity 1.2: What relevance do you think the slogan ‘the map is not the territory’ has to our search for knowledge?
“The map is not the territory” is relevant to the discussion of obtaining knowledge …show more content…
This can be useful in thinking outside the box and putting our existence as human being into a murch large perspective. While, Relativism is the belief that what is true for one individual may not be true for another. This helps address the issues surrounding Certainty. The main difference between the two is one argues that nothing we beleive in may be objectively true and the other that everything that we believe in personal and subjective. One disadvantage of Relativism is that it is self contradictory, if all beliefs are relative, that isn't that statement in relative as well. A Disadvantage of Radical Doubt is there is no way of proving it one way or another, so it isn't particularly helpful in the knowledge …show more content…
Upon initially coming across it, Take it in with an open mind and then look at it from a critical lens. We as humans tend to be more or less skeptical of critical of thing we may already have a positive or negative bias toward. Analyse your own biases towards the claim that may make it harder or easier to believe and take into consideration other claims that may contradict it. Lastly, follow your judgment after taking all the above elements into consideration. I feel like i could apply this many scenarios in my life, such as research or new media consumption, everyday conversations or Fake news. Overall, it helps to keep both Critical Thinking and Open mindedness in mind when obtaining
Activity 1.1: Do you think it would be possible to make a perfect map of a city? What would such a map have to look like? How useful would it be?
Making a perfect map of a city wouldn't be possible because it is impossible to make a perfect detailed replica of what a city looks like while also scaling it down. For the map of a city to be absolutely perfect it would also have to be the exact size of the city and then it would be rendered obsolete and impractical. It would not to be very useful at all.
Activity 1.2: What relevance do you think the slogan ‘the map is not the territory’ has to our search for knowledge?
“The map is not the territory” is relevant to the discussion of obtaining knowledge …show more content…
This can be useful in thinking outside the box and putting our existence as human being into a murch large perspective. While, Relativism is the belief that what is true for one individual may not be true for another. This helps address the issues surrounding Certainty. The main difference between the two is one argues that nothing we beleive in may be objectively true and the other that everything that we believe in personal and subjective. One disadvantage of Relativism is that it is self contradictory, if all beliefs are relative, that isn't that statement in relative as well. A Disadvantage of Radical Doubt is there is no way of proving it one way or another, so it isn't particularly helpful in the knowledge …show more content…
Upon initially coming across it, Take it in with an open mind and then look at it from a critical lens. We as humans tend to be more or less skeptical of critical of thing we may already have a positive or negative bias toward. Analyse your own biases towards the claim that may make it harder or easier to believe and take into consideration other claims that may contradict it. Lastly, follow your judgment after taking all the above elements into consideration. I feel like i could apply this many scenarios in my life, such as research or new media consumption, everyday conversations or Fake news. Overall, it helps to keep both Critical Thinking and Open mindedness in mind when obtaining