Dear essay writer,
This document contains a translated version of our assignment due next thursday. Basically, you’ll have to write a dialogue between one or two philosophers and an interviewer. In order to meet the requirements, you’ll have to watch four video maximum and at least one video. As long as you meet the requirements of 1000 (-/+20%) words written in correct English. If you have any doubts or questions, feel free to contact us.
Introduction
As part of the pre-university education (VWO) it is actually natural that a subject such as religion teaches you to think about the relationship between faith and science. Het Streek is a Christian comprehensive school and its website states that it is a Christian comprehensive school, and, on its website, it states that it wants to provide Christian secondary education and is inspired by the Bible. In V5 the religion program therefore focuses on this interaction between faith and science.
– In Period 1 of V5, we reflected on theology and religious studies as scientific approach to philosophical questions.
– In Period 2 we looked at a number of texts and writers about hermeneutics’, the scientific interpretation of philosophical texts;
-In Period 3 we studied a number of texts on the interface of natural scientific and philosophical thinking;
– And in Period 4 we looked at and discussed, from the perspective of the film series ‘Why are we on earth’, we looked at and discussed the truth claims of science and faith via interviews with prominent scientists.
At the end of Period 4 you will get the opportunity to work out your own views in the light of what you have learned in the previous periods.
Learning target
This year you have learned to ‘listen’ to views offered on the interface of faith and science.
With a fellow pupil from your class, you select one or two interviewed scientists from the film series, and then work out what you think of them.
With a classmate you select one or two interviewed scientists from the film series and then try – in dialogue – to come to a conclusion from or against
try to come to a clearly argued discussion of your own, from or against these scientists, that reflects on
How you see the relationship between science, philosophy of life and meaning.
Approach
Your report will look like the example given below.
You will hand in a report of 1000 words (+/- 20%) per duo before the deadline of Thursday 24 June 2021 23:59h.
within the duo. The assessment looks at the depth of and reflection on (your own reflection on) the
content. With regard to the latter, the objective of dialogue (connection between science, philosophy of life and sense of purpose). Originality and creativity have a positive effect on the
A sloppy layout, language errors, inadequate source citations, failure to meet the requirements and/or late submission, will result in minus points. This assignment will count for 10% of your final grade. If you write in (good) English, you may earn half a bonus point.
We want you to write a dialogue, between a philosopher and an interviewer. The dialogue is based on the content of the video’s. You do not have to quote, but you should base your dialogue upon the opinions of the philosophers. You can choose one/two philosophers from the video’s, as long as you deliver us a text that meets our conditions.
This is the link for all four video’s
Why are we on earth? Film series of 4 episodes with Ard Louis and David Malone.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rLwezM1uBj5nPyiYM6kSa0BgeEXDzKoq?usp=sharing
The essay is written as a dialogue, see example below
What a lovely weather it is. I never thought we would be able to sit outside so late.
I never thought we’d be able to sit outside so late.
And did you see how bright it is?
Yes, I did
– You should turn off all the lights so you can see the stars even better.
Okay, wait a minute . .’
Wow, that’s a big difference. Look at all the stars! Do you know
all of them by heart?
Well, not all of them, of course. But I do recognise most of the constellations. See those four over there? That’s the Autumnal square.
Is that the name of that constellation?
No, it’s actually called Pegasus, after the winged horse from Greek mythology.
Greek mythology. And that star in the top left corner belongs to the Andromeda constellation.
Andromeda constellation.
‘So somewhere there is also the Andromeda Nebula?’
Yes, but I’m afraid you can’t see it without binoculars. We’re too close to the big city for that.
Too bad … I would like to see a galaxy more than two million light years away …
light years away … .’
Well, what’s two million light years in the size of the universe?
universe?
Don’t you ever get that? That you feel so incredibly small when you
when you look at the stars?
