PHI 313 HW 4
Pre-precept submission due: Pre-precept submission form. (Reminder: getting in a good-faith pre-precept attempt on time is a precondition for getting a “K” on the assignment.)
.HW due: Homework submission form
.1 Instructions
- Please name each homework map you create as follows: “hwK-mapN, where K is the homework number and N is the map number within that homework.
- This week you will be filling in and adding to map skeletons we
provide. To use a skeleton:
- Follow the link to the skeleton.
- Near the top of the screen, select “Open with MindMup 2.0”.
- Once you have opened the file in MindMup, make a copy of it (File menu > Make a copy) that will be stored in your Google Drive (this is the file you will edit and submit).
- Now you can work on the map.
- To go back to your work after a break, simply find the file in your Drive. You may need to right-click the file and then select “Open with” > “MindMup 2.0”.
- There are also some short-answer questions, whose answers you should paste into the short-answer areas of the submission forms.
2 Tasks
- Open: David Christensen. Disagreement and public controversy
- Read and map the argument in section 1 (“Independence-based conciliationism”) for IBC, starting from this skeleton. (You need do no more than fill in the blanks. As always, please leave the numbers in parentheses intact, and leave a few underscore characters on either side of what you fill in, so that we can easily pick out your contribution.)
- Give an example of a substantial factual claim about which you disagree with someone you count as an epistemic peer (and who has access to roughly the same relevant evidence that you do). [1 sentence]
- To what extent have you in fact moderated your opinion about that particular factual claim in the light of that peer disagreement? [1 sentence]
- To what extent does IBC require you to moderate your opinion in this case, and why? [A few sentences.]
Optional (tricky): Why did I add the word “relative” to the top box in the skeleton map? [1 sentence][If you already worked on this question, feel free to paste in your answer. If not, please ignore the question.]