Philosophy Film

Assignment Objectives

One of the goals of studying philosophy is to sharpen your critical thinking skills and learn to identify philosophical arguments, both in the world around you and in your own worldview. For this assignment, you’ll select and watch one of the films from the list below and write a work discussing the philosophical issues being addressed in that film. Your job will be to:

• Identify philosophical arguments in your selected film.
• Articulate your own philosophical argument related to the film’s philosophical issue.
• Research online resources that add to your understanding of the issues.
• Document your sources accurately in MLA format.

 

Directions

Step 1: Select an area of philosophy (metaphysics, epistemology, OR ethics), and then pick one of the corresponding films from the list below to use as the basis for your work I choose Epistemology to write the work on my film chosen.

 

Epistemology

What is belief? What is knowledge? How do we know what we know?  this is the link to the movie to watch,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDzI1dJNoiI

 Step 2: Identify the philosophical school & philosopher that matches the film’s answer and do research on that answer. Explain the basics of that philosophical school and how the film represents those particular philosophical ideas.    

Epistemology

What is belief? What is knowledge? How do we know what we know? ( Cartesian doubt )

 Step 3: Explain your answer to the philosophical question in terms of the philosophical school and philosopher that matches your answer and explain how your ideas represent that philosophical school. Put it all together, it should look something like this:  

 

1. Epistemology

What is belief? What is knowledge? How do we know what we know?

2. What does the film say?

What philosopher matches?

Citation needed

3. What do you say?

What philosopher matches?

Citation needed

   

Requirements

• minimum of 3 content pages in length not including your Works Cited page
• standard, MLA Format (1” margins, 12 pt. font, double spaced, heading on the first page, in-text citations, and a Works Cited page. See Purdue’s Online Writing Lab Links to an external site.for help.)
• minimum of 2 additional college-level sources in addition to the class readings & your selected film. It is assumed you will use the movie and your class readings as research to start. You are also required to find two additional sources (see “A Word about (Academic) Research”). This means that your Works Cited page would have at least four (4), quality sources: your class reading(s), the movie, and your two outside sources.