Thursday, April 30, 2009
Mr. Andre Reflection
I found Mr. Andre's presentation to be rather interesting. I found the whole gist of the presentation to be that a puzzle can only be solved if you have every part of the puzzle; sometimes there is no way to know what fact will make the difference because there is no way to know each's importance to the puzzle as a whole. The riddles further reinforced the idea; if you can't see the whole picture there's no way of knowing the answer.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Egyptogram/Kpelle Reflection
The fact that the Kpelle people responded differently was not a reflection of their ability to reason, merely a reflection of their unfamiliarity with questions that are context-free. They were not used to having to take the question out of the context with which it is presented. Also, they were unfamiliar with logical questions that had only ONE correct answer. They usually had logical questions with multiple answers, but one that was more right than the others.
The Egyptograms were interesting; the fact that we became better the farther we went was attributable to our growing familiarity with the symbols. Also we benefited from our classmate's Apriori Knowledge; like knowing what Ramses was in hieroglyphics. This, along with the growing familiarity with certain symbols allowed us to progress faster in the more advanced stages of the hieroglyphics.
The Egyptograms were interesting; the fact that we became better the farther we went was attributable to our growing familiarity with the symbols. Also we benefited from our classmate's Apriori Knowledge; like knowing what Ramses was in hieroglyphics. This, along with the growing familiarity with certain symbols allowed us to progress faster in the more advanced stages of the hieroglyphics.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
MORE TOK NOTES!
You cannot say an argument is true/untrue, only whether it is valid or invalid.
Truth is a property of a statement
Truth is Public, Eternal, and Independent
Arguments-
Does the conclusion follow the premise?
If so, valid
Validity of the argument is independent from the truth or falsity of the premise.
All ostriches are teachers
Mr. Steedman is an ostrich
Therefore, Mr. Steedman is a teacher
3 words used twice (check 1) Quantifer (check 2)\
IT IS VALID
Syllogisms do not create truth, but used properly valid argument in syllogism form can PRESERVE truth.
All A's are B's
Some A's are C's
Some B's are C's
VALID
Truth is a property of a statement
Truth is Public, Eternal, and Independent
Arguments-
Does the conclusion follow the premise?
If so, valid
Validity of the argument is independent from the truth or falsity of the premise.
All ostriches are teachers
Mr. Steedman is an ostrich
Therefore, Mr. Steedman is a teacher
3 words used twice (check 1) Quantifer (check 2)\
IT IS VALID
Syllogisms do not create truth, but used properly valid argument in syllogism form can PRESERVE truth.
All A's are B's
Some A's are C's
Some B's are C's
VALID
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