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miércoles, 19 de septiembre de 2012

Inner and Outer Circle (Discussing if Kant and Twain agree) – D10


After reading Kant’s and Twain’s essays about Enlightening, we had to do an essay arguing whether they agree or not in their essays. That was due for Tuesday. Today we made a dynamic called the inner and outer circle. It consisted in forming two circles (one in the other). The circle that was inside (inner circle) would dialogue while the others (outer circle) would only listen. The inner circle was conformed by two groups previously formed for this semester, so the dynamic would be repeated three times. The first two went pretty smooth; they reached conclusions very fast and agreed on most things. The conclusion both circles draw was that Kant and Twain agree on their essays. I was on the last circle and everyone thought we would go as the other two circles went. My conclusions about the questions were very different from those of the previous circles and I thought I was alone on this one. I thought it would be an exhausting discussion between the rest of my circle and me. To my surprise, Katarina thought the same way I did, and almost arrived to the same conclusions I did! We did have a lot of disagreement on the circle; nevertheless it was full of good arguments and discussions, reviewing in very detail both texts. We didn’t even notice that the 15 minutes we had already had passed. We were having a great dialogue for more than 20 minutes until the whole circle achieved a conclusion. They understood the point Katarina and I were making and got persuaded by our arguments. It was a great dialogue!

*Here you may find both, Kant and Twain essays and also my essay regarding whether they agree or not. I strongly recommend that before you read my essay you form your own criteria on both essays. Have fun!

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