Thursday, March 26, 2009

Photography and the Essential Questions of Philosophy

DUE APRIL 2

Using documentary photographs assemble a slide show which addresses one of the essential questions of philosophy.

WHAT IS GOOD
WHAT IS TRUE
WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW

Assignment starting with at least three documentary photographs where there is an ethical committment to truthfulness. After these photographs you can branch out to cartoons, advertisments or personal photographs.

These images should make the viewer think.



2 comments:

JP Temchack said...

So through your slide show I believe you are asking the questions such as what is true in these pictures. Some might be staged for dramatic purposes, where other can be live and thus more powerful. You are all addressing what is good, when it comes down to war and historical events, how did these events shape what happened in the future after these events happened.

Achorn said...

I am commenting on your slide show because my creativity buddy does not have theirs up. I would say your slide show is asking the questions what is truth, and what is right. We know that they raised the flag again to possibly make it look more heroic, but was it the truth? Sometimes it is necessary to do things like this to make things better for the future. So I do believe this slide show was asking the question is this right. The truth is not always the right answer.