Directions
Click on ‘Reply’ to create your Opening Discussion POST in response to the prompts below. In your post, please address the following:
- Do you believe that experience (sense perception: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell) provides us with knowledge of reality? Or is knowledge of reality obtained by reason rather than experience? Think of your knowledge of what a ‘dog’ is vs. your knowledge of what a ‘triangle’ is. Please make sure to be specific, and carefully explain your reasoning.
- Please provide one concrete example of specific knowledge obtained from experience (or from reason). Please make sure to be specific, and carefully explain your reasoning.
Respond to at least two of your classmates. In order to respond to a classmate, open the classmate’s post and click ‘Reply’. Carefully explain why you agree or disagree with their examples of knowledge obtained from experience (or from reason). Make sure to be specific and carefully explain your reasoning.
You must create your POST before you can reply to your classmates. Therefore, you should create your POST a day or two before the discussion deadline.
Your initial post should be about 200-300 words in length, and your responses to classmates should each be about 100-200 words in length, but feel free to be as detailed as you wish.
Your post and your responses must be written in proper English (correct spelling and grammar, and appropriate style). It is recommended to write your post and responses using a word processing program and copy and paste the completed post and responses. This will avoid losing work in case of internet outage, etc. You are encouraged to comment on your classmate’s feedback to your initial post and keep the (civilized!) discussion going.


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