Fact, Opinion, Belief?

• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

"People between 13-18 years old should be allowed to vote"

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion
4. Don't know

"The universe is expanding"

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion
4. Don't know

"Violence is bad"

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion
4. Don't know

Lesson plan

1. Finding the 'truth' (questions)

2. Do you know what is true? The Mandela Effect

3. Introduction of lesson topics

4. Questions and suggestions

60 seconds = 1 minute

1. True
2. False
3. Don't know
4. That depends...

Willem-Alexander is the monarch of the Netherlands

1. True
2. False
3. Don't know
4. That depends...

A zucchini (courgette) is a vegetable

1. True
2. False
3. Don't know
4. That depends...

Water is wet

Source

1. True
2. False
3. Don't know
4. That depends...

God exists.

1. True
2. False
3. Don't know
4. That depends...

Buddhism is a religion

1. True
2. False
3. Don't know
4. That depends...

Two conclusions:

- Truth is not straightforward / simple

- What is true depends on perspective and experience

Truth is what people agree upon?

1. Left
2. Right

The Mandela Effect

When a large group of people remembers something which did not happen.

"Collective misremembrance" - "Confabulation" 

Does that make it true? How is the 'other' truth better than their truth?

Where do you 'get' your truth?

The rest of this semester we will discuss:

Philosophy about 'truth'

Competing ideas about 'truth' in different religions

Fiction & Non-fiction

Post-truth

Assignment 1: Before checking your books or Google, come up with a question about 'truth' that you would like to answer this semester.

Assignment 2: now go through your book (Ch 1) or Google and come up with at least 1 suggestion for a topic which you would find interesting / important to discuss.

Assignment 3: write down a discussion question or statement about 'truth'.

What did you think of this class?
(tips & suggestions welcome)