Assignment Structure:
\nWrite a brief (not fewer than 3- nor more than 4-page, double spaced, intriguingly titled, formatted in
\nprofessional-looking 12-point font (like Times New Roman, Arial, Garamond, etc….no cutesy fonts,
\nplease!) with one-inch margins and page numbers on all but the first page) paper that reflects the
\ncurrent state of your critical thinking skills. The topic for your paper should fully treat the prompt
\nbelow. You may draw from any of the readings we will have completed by the time of the due date or
\nany of our class discussions. Use of external resources (i.e., any resource not specifically assigned
\nin this course including but not limited to commentaries and interpretations made by others
\nabout the assigned texts…this includes the “Editor’s Introduction” to Discourse on Thinking,
\nwhich is not assigned because it is considering questions quite different from ours) is strictly
\nprohibited. In other words, I am interested in your (not someone else\u2019s) grasp or interpretation of the
\nreadings and ideas under discussion. If you do make use of any sources, whether you borrow ideas or
\nwords, you are responsible for documenting those sources; use of any undocumented source (whether
\nauthorized or not) will result in an immediate and irreversible \u201cF\u201d for the assignment. No late papers
\nwill be accepted.
\nThese are the only texts authorized for this assignment and you should use all of them:
\n\u25aa Heidegger, “Memorial Address”
\n\u25aa Heidegger, “Conversation on a Country Path about Thinking”
\n\u25aa Orwell, 1984
\n\u25aa McLuhan, excerpts from Understanding Media
\n\u25aa Plato, Euthyphro
\n\u25aa Plato, Apology
\n\u25aa Vaughn, The Power of Critical Thinking, chapter 5
\nYou may, in addition, use some of the definitions found in the Vaughn textbook if you think it will help,
\nthough I have no expectation that you will use any of that text (except for chapter 5) for this assignment.
\nDo notice that I did not include the “Translator’s Preface” or “Introduction” to Discourse on Thinking.
\nThese will lead your efforts in the wrong direction, so avoid them. They were after all not even assigned.
\nPrompt:
\nDraw a comparison between the moment in the Apology where Socrates asks the jury to \u201cpay no
\nattention to my manner of speech\u2014be it better or worse\u2014but to concentrate your attention on whether
\nwhat I say is just or not, for the excellence of a judge lies in this, as that of a speaker lies in telling the
\ntruth,\u201d (18a 2-5) and the demonstration that Heidegger provides of meditative thinking in the
\n\u201cConversation on a Country Path.\u201d Explain what is going on in the conversation,
\nincluding waiting and that-which-regions. Are the participants in the “Conversation” exhibiting
\n“meditative thinking” as the term was defined in the “Memorial Address”? Think about what Socrates is
\ndoing and then ask yourself, “What is the relationship between Heidegger\u2019s manner of speech and the
\njustice (or truth, or accuracy) of that which his interlocutors are speaking?” What is the relationship
\nbetween Socrates\u2019 manner of speech and the justice (or truth, or accuracy) of that which he says? Can the
\npackaging of the truth ever be removed from the truth? Looking at 1984 and at McLuhan’s famous claim
\nthat “the medium is the message”, would you say that there is any danger involved in the notion that the
\ntruth can be removed from its packaging? Is there any danger involved in believing that truth cannot be
\nremoved from its packaging? If you’re paying close attention, you’ll find that your answer to these
\nquestions will be complicated and will involve a nuanced, i.e., “gray area”, approach. Defend your reply
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