Dear Philosophers,
You have three options for your final philosophy project. All projects must be 5 pages long minimum and are due by midnight on May 13th via email to justin@oursanctuary.org
Have fun! :)
First option: Having Good Judgment Vs. Having Non-Judgment: The Relationship between Critical Thinking & Mindfulness
What did you learn about the importance and possibilities for critical thinking in terms of one's belief system? What did you learn about mindfulness? What is the relationship between these two abilities? Why learn both? What happens if one is missing? What are their respective roles in learning how to learn?
Use as many examples as possible to illustrate your points, including: how your views have changed, key insights, what questions have come to light as closest to your philosophical curiosity, biggest surprises, cave-related fears, shifts in self-perception, connections between philosophical questions and personal issues you were facing this fall, attitudes towards judgment, mindfulness, etc.
This class has been designed as an experimental departure from many standard practices used for teaching in higher education. If you found these departures interesting or useful to you, you can use your final project as an opportunity to reflect on your college experience, and on what our seminar has revealed or served as an alternative to.
What should education strive to offer? How well does this work given standard teaching/classroom practices in college? Did the experimental methods you experienced during our class highlight any limitations on conventional practices or suggest other aspects of learning which are important for growth?
Third option: Questions about Justice, Energy, Forgiveness and Ufos
You may write about anything we discussed in class, in whatever style you wish within reason, (although formally, certain features are generally encouraged, such as (a) having a key point or thesis or question, (b) logical flow (marshaling evidence to support a proposition or perspective) and/or (c) a developing story). Choose one of the following questions to focus on or make up your own.
1. Prison abolitionists argue for a restorative approach to justice to replace the adversarial model of justice currently institutionalized in what Mariame Kaba calls our “criminal punishment system.” How does this restorative model differ from our current carceral approach? What are some of the practices? What is its view of human relationship?
3. Are humans separate from each other or are they spiritually interconnected and inter-existent? What are the moral and social ramifications for how we answer this question?
5. Does evil exist? If so, what is it? If not, why should we deny its reality?
6. What are the philosophical, social, spiritual and/or practical ramifications of Toru Sato’s analysis of life force energy and its relation to the Internal Conflict Model of Happiness?
7. Is Forgiveness possible and why does it matter?
8. Are some unidentified flying objects piloted by non-human intelligence with advanced technologies? Consider and weigh the evidence for the possibility that advanced non-human civilizations are currently visiting the earth.
9. After Disclosure. How might the world change if and when contact between humans and non-humans (extraterrestrial or from wherever) is verified scientifically and acknowledged publicly?
10. What does looking at human relationships and institutions through Riane Eisler's "Partnership Lens" allow us to see?
You have three options for your final philosophy project. All projects must be 5 pages long minimum and are due by midnight on May 13th via email to justin@oursanctuary.org
Have fun! :)
First option: Having Good Judgment Vs. Having Non-Judgment: The Relationship between Critical Thinking & Mindfulness
What did you learn about the importance and possibilities for critical thinking in terms of one's belief system? What did you learn about mindfulness? What is the relationship between these two abilities? Why learn both? What happens if one is missing? What are their respective roles in learning how to learn?
Use as many examples as possible to illustrate your points, including: how your views have changed, key insights, what questions have come to light as closest to your philosophical curiosity, biggest surprises, cave-related fears, shifts in self-perception, connections between philosophical questions and personal issues you were facing this fall, attitudes towards judgment, mindfulness, etc.
Second option: Reflection on the Purposes of Education
This class has been designed as an experimental departure from many standard practices used for teaching in higher education. If you found these departures interesting or useful to you, you can use your final project as an opportunity to reflect on your college experience, and on what our seminar has revealed or served as an alternative to.
What should education strive to offer? How well does this work given standard teaching/classroom practices in college? Did the experimental methods you experienced during our class highlight any limitations on conventional practices or suggest other aspects of learning which are important for growth?
Third option: Questions about Justice, Energy, Forgiveness and Ufos
You may write about anything we discussed in class, in whatever style you wish within reason, (although formally, certain features are generally encouraged, such as (a) having a key point or thesis or question, (b) logical flow (marshaling evidence to support a proposition or perspective) and/or (c) a developing story). Choose one of the following questions to focus on or make up your own.
1. Prison abolitionists argue for a restorative approach to justice to replace the adversarial model of justice currently institutionalized in what Mariame Kaba calls our “criminal punishment system.” How does this restorative model differ from our current carceral approach? What are some of the practices? What is its view of human relationship?
3. Are humans separate from each other or are they spiritually interconnected and inter-existent? What are the moral and social ramifications for how we answer this question?
5. Does evil exist? If so, what is it? If not, why should we deny its reality?
6. What are the philosophical, social, spiritual and/or practical ramifications of Toru Sato’s analysis of life force energy and its relation to the Internal Conflict Model of Happiness?
7. Is Forgiveness possible and why does it matter?
8. Are some unidentified flying objects piloted by non-human intelligence with advanced technologies? Consider and weigh the evidence for the possibility that advanced non-human civilizations are currently visiting the earth.
9. After Disclosure. How might the world change if and when contact between humans and non-humans (extraterrestrial or from wherever) is verified scientifically and acknowledged publicly?
10. What does looking at human relationships and institutions through Riane Eisler's "Partnership Lens" allow us to see?
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