SOPHIE’S WORLD GUIDED BRAINSTORMUse your own paper to take notes

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IN WHAT WAY IS THE NOVEL A MYSTERY? WHAT ELEMENTS OF MYSTERY ARE IN THE NOVEL?

Could we include the mysterious messages, the…?

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WHAT MIGHT THE AUTHOR WANT US TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT PHILOSOPHY BY WRITING THE NOVEL THIS WAY?

Could it be like the magic trick analogy? Could he be making a comparison to help us understand philosophy and philosophers?

A COMPARISON TO HELP US UNDERSTAND PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHERS?

The universe / the world is  Who / What creates /

controls   We / People are   Philosophers

The universe / the world is  Who / What creates /

controls   We / People are   Philosophers

Existence / Life is like a magic trick

Existence / Life is like a mystery novel

WHAT ELSE DOES THE AUTHOR TRY TO COMMUNICATE TO US ABOUT PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHERS, PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECTS, LEARNING PHILOSOPHY –VS- LEARNING TO THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY?

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SO, HOW DOES THE BOOK, SO FAR, HELP US TO ANSWER OUR RESEARCH QUESTION: PHILOSOPHY - WHAT DOES IT MEAN (DEFINITION, DIVISIONS OR BRANCHES, PURPOSE, VALUE)?

Notice that we have already cover some of this, but what goes where? What else should we include and where?

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DEFINITION

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DIVISIONS OR BRANCHES

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PURPOSE

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VALUE

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“WISEST IS SHE WHO KNOWS SHE DOES NOT KNOW” (67).

What does this mean? Which philosopher and philosophical movement

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DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUOTE:

“Mankind is faced with a number of difficult questions that we have to satisfactory answer to. So now, two possibilities present themselves: we can either fool ourselves and the rest of the world by pretending that we know all there is to know, or we can shut our eyes to the central issues once and for all and abandon all progress. In this sense, humanity is divided. People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent. (Both types are crawling deep down in the rabbit’s fur!)” (68).