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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Qualia

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive discussion of "qualia," the sense-data that inform perception. Considers the different meanings of the term and relates them to epistemological questions about mental states, theories of representation, and introspection....
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Article
Boston University

Representationalism and Antirepresentationalism: Kant, Davidson, and Rorty

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the anti-realist epistemological idea of "antirepresentationalism" as developed by Richard Rorty. Compares and contrasts this with Kant's "nonrepresentationalism" and sets in dialogue with another contemporary philosopher,...
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Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Art Lesson: Should Art Be for Art's Sake?

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan where the teacher presents the five traditional theories of art (formalism, instrumentalism, imitationalism expressionism and institutionalism.) Students review Chicana/o and earlier protest art from an instrumental point...