Cogito ergo sum

“The most subversive people are those who ask questions.”

-Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World


  

For our reaction paper (post!) on Sophie’s World, we’ll be operating at the very top of the pyramid of learning—synthesis. We’ll be making connections between this book and the ideas therein and some of the other texts we’ve been studying.

First, select a philosopher. Or, select a text you wish to write about and then select a philosopher whose ideas you believe would be interesting as applied to a critical examination of that work (the latter selection method is likely easier and faster!)

Once you’ve selected your philosopher and your work, I would suggest you frame at least three questions that your philosopher might ask regarding the work. Wrestle with these questions in your reaction paper, keeping in mind as always that we want to follow a claim with support in the form of text evidence. If generating questions is not working for you, simply read the chapter on your chosen philosopher and look for connections to your chosen novel!

You are welcome to write about any book you have been assigned to read at LMP (should you find the few books we’ve read so far in Lang too constrictive a list).

Tech specs: Minimum of 250 words and at least one quote from a text. As always, include in-text citation and a reference list at the end.

No need to bring in a hard copy this time (please disregard that part of the notice on the week’s lesson plans).

Happy philosophizing!