Discussion Questions
Saturday, December 13, 2025
14.15 - 15.00 | 15.15 -16.00
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1. Who owns knowledge? Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 6-A
(“Catherne Ope Tells Us How She Shot Ths Powerful Photograph at the Frst Ever Women’s March.” Artspace, 14 July 2021, www.artspace.com/magazne/ntervews_features/qa/catherne-ope-tells-us-how-she-shot-ths-powerful-photogr ph-at-the-frst-ever-womens-march-56814. Accessed 20 May 2025.)
2. Are historical claims restricted by the language they use?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 6-B
(Beretta, Francesco. “A Challenge for Hstorcal Research: Makng Data FAIR Usng a Collaboratve Ontology Management Envronment (OntoME).” Semantc Web, vol. 12, no. 2, IOS Press, Dec. 2020, https://do.org/10.3233/SW-200416.)
3. To what extent does historical knowledge change over time?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 6-C
(“Albert Ensten Quote: ‘Insofar as Mathematcs Is True, It Does Not Descrbe the Real World. Insofar as It Descrbes the Real World, It Is Not...’” Quotefancy.com, 2025,
quotefancy.com/quote/763751/Albert-Ensten-Insofar-as-mathematcs-s-true-t-does-not-descrbe-thereal- world. Accessed 20 May 2025.)
4. To what extent does mathematics describe the real world?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 6-D
(“Eat. Sleep. Solve Problems. Repeat. Poster.” Redbubble, 2025, www.redbubble.com//poster/Eat-Sleep-Solve-Problems-Repeat-by-EssattyN/92118905.LVTDI. Accessed 20 May 2025.)
5.Does belief play a role in mathematics?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 6-E
(Robbins, Jim. “Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People.” Yale Environment 360, Yale School of the Environment, 26 Apr. 2018 e360.yale.edu/features/natve-knowledge-what-ecologsts-are-learnng-from-ndgenous-people.)
6. What values and assumptions underpin the use of the term "indigenous knowledge"?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 7-A
(“Expert - the English Training Company.” The English Training Company, 2017, www.englshtco.com/presentng-n-englsh-practce-fakng-t/expert-2/. Accessed 20 May 2025.)
7. How can we know when we should trust or defer to the authority of experts?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 7-B
(forfreedoms.org)
“For Freedoms.” Www.forfreedoms.org, www.forfreedoms.org/.
8. Do the human sciences and literature provide different types of knowledge about human existence and behavior?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 7-C
(forfreedoms.org)
“For Freedoms.” Www.forfreedoms.org, www.forfreedoms.org/.
9. Do the arts have the power to challenge established moral values ?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 7-D
(forfreedoms.org)
“For Freedoms.” Www.forfreedoms.org, www.forfreedoms.org/.
10. Do the arts play a role in the development of our personal value systems ?
Venue: College Building 2nd Floor 7-E