1.1 What is true?

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1.1 What is true?

Religious studies

<ul><li>Chapter 1: what is truth?</li></ul>

Gabriëlle Körner (KRN)

Who are you?

• Energizer
• Standing = yes
• Sitting = no

Who are you?

1. Stand up if you had a nice holiday
2. Stand up if you have an interessting hobby
3. Stand up if Religious Studies is your favorite subject
4. Stand up if you have a religious background

My lessons

<ul><li>School rules and expectations</li><li>Active work attitude during the lesson</li><li>Hard working = (alsmost) no homework</li><li>1 person talks (=the rest listens)</li></ul>

Religious Studies

<ul><li>Learning about Religion and important things in life</li><li>Looking at current themes in the world from a religious point of view</li></ul>

This year

<ul><li>First semester (half a year)</li><li>2 chapters: 1, truth and 2, science</li><li>Study guide in Magister (ELO: studiewijzer)</li><li>Test is a practical assignement&nbsp;</li></ul>

This period

<ul><li>Chapter 1: What is truth</li><li>Purpose?&nbsp;</li><li>Test: script (task1 from the book) and custom poster assessment</li></ul>

What is truth?

<ul><li>Oxford dictionary: 'The quality or state of being truthful'&nbsp;</li><li>How do we know when something is true or untrue?</li></ul>

Is truth simple or complicated?

<ul><li>Reductionism: to reach the truth, you need to get the simplest possible explanation.&nbsp;</li><li>Descartes: 'i think, therefore i am'</li></ul>

Your own truth

<ul><li>Influenced by everything around you</li><li>Examples: your friends/family, education, country, media etc.</li></ul>

6 ways of finding truth

<ul><li>Consience</li><li>Reason</li><li>Authority</li><li>Feelings</li><li>Peer group</li><li>Culture</li></ul>

Conspiracy theories

<ul><li>Oxford dictionary: 'the belief that a secret but powerful organization is responsible for an event'</li></ul>

Pizzagate

<ul><li>''paedophilia ring involving people at the highest levels of the Democratic Party is operating out of a Washington pizza restaurant''</li><li>December 2016</li></ul>

Exercise

1. Which of the six ways of finding truth do you trust the most? Why? Give 2 reasons for your answers
2. Which of the six ways of finding truth do you trust the least? Give 2 reasons for your answers
3. Search a conspiracy theory. Explain what it's about and why people believe in that theory. Give youre opinion on what you think is the truth in this situation