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Nonsense
* This session uses a Pollock picture. There is one downloadable at the bottom or find your own image that would work!
Looking
Are there any objects in this painting?
Are there emotions in this painting?
Is there anything in this painting?
Thinking
Starter Question:
Does this painting make sense?
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Ages: Ages 16-18 (KS5), Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3), Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Aesthetics
Themes: Sense and reference, Logic, Language, Art
Paradoxes: fun with logic!
The Philosophy
A paradox is a very strange thing: it is an anomaly of reasoning, and, whereas good reasoning is thought to produce sound conclusions, paradoxes can challenge this assumption. With paradoxes the reasoning may appear good but the conclusion that follows absurd. The word comes from Ancient Greek: para meaning ‘distinct from...
Ages: Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3)
Subjects: Logic
Themes: Truth & Falsity, Reasoning, Paradoxes, Logic, Ancient Greek
Pinocchio
Starter activity
I start by getting the children to play a game of 'True For You'; they should change places if what I say is true for them. After beginning with a couple of easy ones ('I am a girl', 'I am wearing red' etc) I usually include a couple of slightly harder ones ('I don't understand the rules to thi...
Ages: Ages 16-18 (KS5), Ages 14-16 (KS4), Ages 11-14 (KS3), Ages 7-11 (KS2)
Subjects: Logic
Themes: Truth & Falsity, Logic