1)+Introduction+to+'Knowledge'


 * Week 4 (14/15th September)**

Read the document entitled 'The Nature of Knowledge'
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 * Week 3 (7/8th September)**

View remainder of //The Truman Show//

Discuss following questions: 1) At the beginning, what are the things that Truman 'knows' about his life and world? 2) How does he 'know' these things? Why does he not question them? 3) Why does he begin to suspect that the things he thought he knew might not be true?

4) In what ways is Truman's experience a) different from ours? b) similar to ours?

5) Is our world 'real'?

Find THREE other popular films with a similar scenario in which a main character is or might be radically mistaken about the 'reality' of his/her world? In each case, explain why the main character(s) believe(s) his/her/their understanding of experience to be true, and how they come to learn that they are mistaken. Be ready to present your findings in class next week.
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 * Week 2 (31st August/Ist September)**

Discuss in pairs: 1) Five things that you are sure are true 2) Exactly how you know them to be true (identify the ways of knowing components in specific items of knowledge)

Watch first half of //The Truman Show//


 * Week 1 (24/25th August)**

Discuss in groups followed by plenary feedback and discussion (introduce problematic nature of knowledge)