From Science to Stories in the Anthropocene

According to Elizabeth Kolbert, what can the history of science of extinction be told as?

In her Ted Talk, Lera Boroditsky believes that linguistic diversity demonstrates the beauty of what?

According to Hank Green, one of the hallmarks of philosophical thought is to never do what?

Hank Green claims that what you decide to observe is determined by what?

According to Hank Green, how do we make sure we are ruled by good, sound, and not flawed reason?

Learning through a dialectic exchange of ideas (aka a discussion) is known as what?

What does Lera Boroditsky suggest we can create to suit our needs?

When concerning the art of arguing, what is the goal of the philosopher?

According to Kuhn, we enter which Phase of Science when a new paradigm promises to solve the most important anomalies?

According to Kuhn, what Phase of Science is very productive and defined by the existence of a Paradigm?

Social activist, Naomi Klein believes that movements care about what?

Popper claims that every false belief that we discover is good because that gets us that much closer to what?

Kuhn uses which idea to describe all the concepts, methods, theories, and so on that productively solve problems?

Kolbert claims that moments of panic are disproportionately important because they determine the pattern of what?

This course is a celebration of what?

Physicist and philosopher, Thomas Kuhn considers Pre-Science, Normal Science, Crisis, and Scientific Revolution as what?

According to Naomi Klein, what are the two “ingredients” required for a deep transformation catalyzed by crisis?

According to Kuhn, what Phase is unproductive and defined by a lack of shared concepts, methods, and theories?

What does Margaret Atwood believe stories are about?

According to Kuhn, we enter what Phase when we start to doubt that anomalies can be solved within our existing Paradigm?

Aristotle’s belief that humans are the rational animal suggests what?

Scientist and writer, Ted Chiang claims science can be “understood not so much as a collection of facts” but as what?

Elizabeth Kolbert claims that everywhere we settle, humans are able to do what?

What sort of argument relies on past experiences to determine what is probable?

One objective of Unit One was to get you to slow down and think more critically about the relationship between what?

Once you've disproven a theory that you believe in, Karl Popper claims that you should be willing to do what?

What question does Plato's Allegory of the Cave raise that has vexed philosophers for years?

Kuhn considers a problem within the paradigm that we are at present unable to solve as what?

What sort of argument is the only kind that offers certainty?

What does Hank Green believe philosophers should be grateful for?

What is the relationship between validity and truth?

What sort of argument eliminates what’s not true to draw conclusions?

Atwood believes that because the planet is changing, we need some powerful new stories to understand what?

Popper's Falsification Principle offers insight into how we can challenge knowledge as a way to bring us closer to what?

Chiang claims to use variational principles in Story of Your Life to tell a story about a person’s response to what?

When considering the art of an argument, what is a premise?

If the truth of the premises guarantees and entails the truth of the conclusion, that argument is said to be what?

Naomi Klein uses patterns in history to show it is possible for a crisis to catalyze a kind of what?

What term does Kuhn use to define the abandonment of one set of concepts, methods, and theories for another?

Though known mostly for her storytelling, what does Margaret Atwood believe doesn’t exist apart from humans?

In the era when we dominate every corner of the world, Margaret Atwood believes we need to think much bigger about what?

The Anthropocene is an unofficial geologic era where humans have an enormous influence over what?

According to Hank Green, Plato wants us to look for what?

One objective of Unit Two was to get you to slow down and think more critically about the relationship between what?

Cognitive scientist, Lera Boroditsky, claims that humans have the magical ability to transmit what?