An important feature of scientific thinking is that it can tell us when we should change a belief we hold about the natural world.
Describe an instance of scientific thinking causing you to change your mind.
What was your belief and why did you change it?
For the second part it needs to be at least 200 words and latch onto this, For my Dialogue Project I would like to focus on the idea of knowledge & ignorance and how both can be an imperative factor into life as we know it and could possibly be a tool to bring happiness or sadness. . The dialogue will be between an elder wise individual and a younger unrealistic individual.
Your Proposal should be a paragraph or two long (approximately 200-350 words), and should address the following questions:
— Characters: Who will be starring in your dialogue? What personality traits or social roles will be relevant to the discussion?
— Setting: What has brought these characters together into a philosophical conversation in the first place? Where are they talking, when, and why?
— Topic: What philosophical question or questions will the characters take up?
— Plot: How will the conversation turn out? Will anyone change their mind over the course of the dialogue?
The point of this assignment is to get you thinking about the dialogue in more detail.