Critical thinking 2

Allegory of the cave

prisoners have been chained on the wall and only see projected shadows

Truth and learning

plato compares the journey to the soul’s movement to the intellectual world = the good becomes connected to reason and truth

epistemic humility

people should recognize that their current perspective may be limited

pedagogy

the land should be a way of teaching because learning can be made with and through land

Conditions of learning

interest, commitment, consent and engagement

whole body knowledge

Simpson combines intellectual, emotional, physical and stuctural knowledge together

ubiquity of knowledge

its spiritual knowledge and can be a source of wisdom

empirism

you can gain knowledge be observation and interacting with land

overindulgence

Simpson connects it self destructive and connects it to windigo behaviours