1984

Why is the ruthless totalitarian regime, described in Orwell’s novel purging Oldspeak and imposing Newspeak? What assumptions are being made about the relationship between language and thought?

1. The target of the Newspeak was to inject a thought into peoples minds and make them believe what the writer or speaker wanted them to believe. Basically brainwashing the capacity to think for oneself. Controlling peoples minds makes it easier to be clear and straight forward!

2. The assumption being made by the relationship between thought and language is that: the more you know, the easier it is for you to think. And the fewer words you know of the language, the less the thought. (which i think is wrong) because you could still have a lot of imagination and thought within, even by not knowing how to express it in the language.

IDENTIFY A GOOD KNOWLEDGE QUESTION FOR YOUR CHOSEN REAL LIFE SITUATION

Knowledge Claim: The prism through which light passes refracts white light in to different colors.

Topic: Physics.

Ask an implicit question: What do we know about the refraction of light.

Formulate an open-ended question: How can you use the sense perception to see the different colors.

Formulate an explicit open-ended question: How can you use history and experience to prove scientific facts.

CREATING A KNOWLEDGE QUESTION USING THE LADDER OF ABSTRACTION

Knowledge Claim: Mr. Mussays grandfather says that fruits on his trees are ripening earlier every year and this must be dew to global warming.

Topic: Global Warming

Ask an Implicit question about the situation: What Is global warming doing to fruits?

Open Ended question: Why is global warming accelerating the ripening time?

Formulate an explicit open-ended question: How can you use evidence and visual perception to identify early ripening?