Need help with my English question – I’m studying for my class.
1.Explain the difference between believing in each scientific statement and supporting the scientific way of thinking. (CHAPTER-22)
2. Explain each question according to Pinker and then EXPRESS YOUR OPINION1. Can we sustain the trends towards progress? How reasonable is the hope for continuing progress? P.327, 344, 345.(CHAPTER- 20) Explain the quote from Isaiah Berlin; explain “A constructive agenda that reconciles long-term gains with short-term setbacks, historical currents with human agency”; Why is “optimism” a wrong word for the future of progress? Explain “I am not an optimist. I am a very serious possibilist” (Hans Rosling)
3. Are humans rational or irrational? P.353-355.(CHAPTER 21) Explain Pinker’s examples of biased evaluation of data p.360-363(CHAPTER 21)
4. What is the major enemy of reason in the public sphere today? P.371-374(CHAPTER 21)
5.What can be done to improve standards of reasoning? P.375-381. What can be done to make public discourse more rational? P.381-384(CHAPTER 21)
6.What is humanism? P.410-412(CHAPTER 23). What are some fundamental (intrinsic) human rights — according Martha Nussbaum, according to Pinker, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? P. 413-414.(CHAPTER 23)
7.Explain what Pinker means by “Humanism is the only viable moral philosophy for a cosmopolitan world” p.418-419. Do you agree? Why or why not?(CHAPTER 23)
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