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1、Extension Extension I.Oral work II.QuotesIII.TranslationIV.Poem:They Were Welcome To Their Belief V.Supplementary reading VI.QuizBTLEWLesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第1页/共22页I.I.Oral WorkOral Work1.Give some examples of funny or bizarre childhood beliefs,collection of ideas that adults thought were true
2、when they were children.It will remind you what it was like to be a child,fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts.2.Differences between thinking with beliefs and thinking without beliefs BTLEWLesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第2页/共22页II.II.Quotes(on Irony)Quotes(on Irony)The End of group discu
3、ssion.BTLEW The trouble with most folks is not so much theirignorance,astheirknowingsomanythingswhichaintso.JoshBillings Hewhocannotreasonisafool;hewhowillnotisabigot;hewhodarenotisaslave.W.Drummond Everyargumentthathasbeenusedtojustifytheteachingofgrammarmaybeappliedwithgreatercogencytotheteachingo
4、flogic.Ifitisdesirablethatapersonshallspeakcorrectly,itismuchmoredesirablethatheshallthinkcorrectly.Ballard the following three quotations are from A.E.Manders book,Logic for the Millions.Lesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第3页/共22页IV.IV.PoemPoemBTLEWRobert Frost-They Were Welcome To Their Belief Grief may h
5、ave thought it was grief.Care may have thought it was care.They were welcome to their belief,The overimportant pair.No,it took all the snows that clungTo the low roof over his bed,Beginning when he was young,To induce the one snow on his head.To be continued on the next page.Lesson 6-Groundless Beli
6、efs第4页/共22页To be continued on the next page.IV.IV.PoemPoemBTLEWBut whenever the roof camme whiteThe head in the dark belowWas a shade less the color of night,A shade more the color of snow.Grief may have thought it was grief.Care may have thought it was care.But neither one was the thiefOf his raven
7、 color of hair.Lesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第5页/共22页About the poetFrost,Robert(1874-1963),American poet,who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech.Although Frosts images and voice often seem familiar and old,his observations have an edge of skepticism
8、 and irony that make his work,upon rereading,never as old-fashioned,easy,or carefree as it first appears.In being both traditional and skeptical,Frosts poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century.See also American Literature:Poetry.IV.IV.
9、PoemPoemBTLEWThe End of PoemLesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第6页/共22页 People have slaughtered each other in wars,inquisitions,and political actions for centuries and still kill each other over beliefs in religions,political ideologies,and philosophies.These belief-systems,when stated as propositions,may a
10、ppear mystical,and genuine to the naive,but when confronted with a testable bases from reason and experiment,they fail miserably.I maintain that beliefs create more social problems than they solve and that beliefs,and especially those elevated to faith,produce the most destructive potential to the f
11、uture of humankind.V.V.Supplementary ReadingSupplementary ReadingBTLEWTo be continued on the next page.The problems with beliefsThe problems with beliefsby by Jim WalkerLesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第7页/共22页V.V.Supplementary ReadingSupplementary Reading Throughout history,humankind has paid reverence t
12、o beliefs and mystical thinking.Organized religion has played the most significant role in the support and propagation of beliefs and faith.This has resulted in an acceptance of beliefs in general.Regardless of how one may reject religion,religious support of supernatural events gives credence to ot
13、her superstitions in general and the support of faith(belief without evidence),mysticism,and miracles.Most scientists,politicians,philosophers,and even atheists support the notion that some forms of belief provide a valuable means to establish truth as long as it contains the backing of data and fac
14、ts.BTLEWTo be continued on the next page.Lesson 6-Groundless Beliefs第8页/共22页V.V.Supplementary ReadingSupplementary Reading Belief has long become a socially acceptable form of thinking in science as well as religion.Indeed,once a proposition turns to belief,it automatically undermines opposition to
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