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flat **Standards** [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3] Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6] Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9] Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources. =AIM= How do I research my philosophical school? =Quote= "I know that I am a human being." In order to see now unclear the sense of this proposition is, consider its negation." Ludwig Wittgenstein from // On Certainty // =Do Now=  What does it mean to be a human being? Describe a human being as you understand the term.  =Mini-Lesson=   Taking the negation (the opposite of a statement) helps us to understand the tenet we are studying. This goes back to the law of discrimination/relativity which states that to understand something, we must understand its opposite.   So if I were to take an existentialist's tenet like the absurd, I might contemplate the negation of the absurd: life is not absurd, rather it is a structured and controlled event with an omniscient, omnipotent, & omnipresent force determining even the most minute details. The world functions by laws and order; these laws may or may not be overt to humans, but they are there regardless. Just as the animals know what they need to do by instinct, water follows its specific characteristics, & the forces of nature have no contradictions. Man may behave absurdly according to other men, but that absurd behavior still follows laws & a specific order. The existentialist would respond that while there may be some guiding principle involved in the workings of the universe, they aren't clear or posted anywhere. An asteroid may be following the laws of gravity & dynamics, but it may still crash into the earth bringing an end to life on the planet. Isn't that inherently absurd? What would have been the point of life on earth since it can be extinguished by the very laws that supposedly control it? Even if there is some all-controlling being, his plan is absurd as far as I can tell. What kind of creative force would create an animal like the duck-billed platypus anyway? =Class Activity= Continue to research your school of philosophy. On Thursday, we will have a discussion about the topic of responsibility. What position will your school of philosophy take regarding individual & group responsibility? For today, you should take another tenet of your school & study it with relation to the quote. What would be the negation of the tenet? How would someone defend the negation of the tenet? How would your school defend its tenet? Write a negation of your school's tenet & argue that position. Then write how your school of thought would respond to the negation. =Closing Reflection= How does taking the opposing or negative of an idea help to strengthen the ability of the supporter to defend the idea? = Absence Make Up = In order to make up missed material, students need to do the following in their notebooks: Go to Previous Class Go to Next Class
 * 1) Complete the Do Now.
 * 2) Read the Mini-lesson.
 * 3) Write a negation of a tenet of your school of philosophy & then write a response to the negation by your school.
 * 4) Complete the closing reflection.

= Lesson Plan =

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