My self-evaluation against the assessment criteria Demonstration of subject based knowledge and understanding Demonstration of subject based knowledge and understanding. Broad and comparative understanding of subject content, knowledge of the appropriate historical, intellectual, cultural or institutional contexts. I continued my research approach from part 2 and to read around the course work, looking at current topics in newspapers and journal as…
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Assignment 3: Allegory of the Cave – Final
Here my final assignment essay about the validity of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave total word count (without content list, header, header quotes, footnotes, and bibliography) : 1593 as pdf document: pdf Reflection: After my draft essay, peer review and some further thoughts I decided to completely re-write my essay. I kep a few aspects from my…
Assignment 3 Preparation: Refining argumentation
Based on feedback received (Peer review reflection) on my draft essay and with deeper reflection on what I want to say (position statements). Alongside the need for ruthless editing down and also to reject aspects that I personally find intriguing but not the most relevant, I refined my statement, conclusion and argumentation. As planned in my reflection: Starting my with position…
Assignment 3: Allegory of the Cave DRAFT – for peer review
Read Plato’s account of the Allegory of the Cave and say whether an why you think it is valid today. There are various ways you can answer this question. In what sense might we be ‘in the dark’ about the world we live in? Are we in some sense collectively manipulated or do we just think we are? Does Plato’s…
Assignment 3 Preparation: Developing arguments – draft state
The assignment task was to review the relevance of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in today’s society. I looked at a wider scope of Plato’s motivation and Platonism in a cultural and philosophical background. Possible ways of answering where provided in the course material (guidance or restrictions?) by living in the dark, collective manipulation and resemblance of shadows with television…
Assignment 3: Brainstorming and Outline
Plato (Plátōn) 428/427 – 348/347 BC. Student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, Plato was a Greek philosopher and founder of the ‘Academy in Athens’. Plato was a prolific intellectual who influenced Western philosophy, poltical theory, and even art till today. Aristotle, Aquinus and Kant would be on a similar level. The famous ‘Allegory of the Cave’ is part of book…