The Reasonable Mind

CLASS TIME The Resonable Mind LEADERS Delaina Harris Vince Yu OVERVIEW [Here you should write a brief outline of how the class will run. Total time should be hour.! DATE Wednesday 22 January

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%nderstand what each &hiloso&her says about enli#htenment and com&are'contrast the (iews with one another. ")o&e* Hume etc$ +onnectin# common ,nli#htenment thou#ht to modern beliefs Determine whether the ,nli#htenment su&&orted or contradicted the reli#ious beliefs surroundin# this time &eriod. -i#urin# out what is human nature. ,.&lore the ,nli#htenment (iew on how ideas are formed by com&arin# and contrastin# between the different &hiloso&hers. Define what limitations are hinderin# human understandin#. Determine what /&ro#ress0 is1

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3t be#innin# of class* brea4 into e2ual si5e #rou&s of about 678 &eo&le each. 3s4 #rou&s to come u& with a definition of /Reason0 and their o&inions of what ma4es a &erson 9Reasonable9. Write out the names of the different &hiloso&hers we ha(e read on the board* as well as on &ieces of &a&er and as4 class what they thin4 the ma:or (iews of each are. ,ach student can fill out &a&er as we #o alon# if they want. What ideas re#ardin# the human mind are still e(ident in modern belief1 777 ; was thin4in# an answer mi#ht be the conce&t of sensation'&erce&tion in &sycholo#y. Do these ,nli#htenment beliefs contradict the reli#ious beliefs of their time or do the two address different issues1 What is human nature< is it a man made conce&t or an actual occurrence1 ;s it a synonym for instinct1 What are some similarities and differences in how these &hiloso&hers belie(e ideas are formed1 3re there limitations to how much humans can understand* if so what are those limitations1 What is &ro#ress and what is it characteri5ed by1 3 chan#e in common thou#ht1 3re there still traces of these ,nli#htenment ideas &resent in modern society today1 How ha(e they chan#ed* if they did1

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