Introduction to this Week's Discussion
We finish our discussion work together with a continuation of answers to the question, "Whats' the point of caring?" Assuming we do care about anything at all suggests we think something about life is meaningful. Is life itself meaningful? What is our response to the answer?
This discussion, like all the others, is constituted by two parts. First, you're going to respond to the prompt I provide. Once you do that, you can see others' responses. You'll then respond to a classmate's post, per the instructions below.
NOTE: Each post (initial response and reply) is worth 5 points, so, e.g., Discussion Forum 1 is worth a total of 10 points.
General Instructions
- Please consult the Discussion Forum Rubric for some general writing guidelines.
- Think of all your discussion work as part of your essay exam preparation. Interacting with the text, your classmates, and me should aid the development of your understanding of the material, as well as provide you with practice articulating your thinking about the text.
- Pay attention to spelling and grammar, which are essential tools for doing philosophy. Precision in word choices and sentence structures also aid in the clear and coherent presentation of ideas and arguments.
- NOTE: Each part of the discussion is worth 5 points, for a total of 10 points.
- As a reminder, your initial post is due on Saturday before midnight; your peer reply is due on Sunday before midnight.
Part I Instructions and Prompt
- We've got one last exercise involving ChatGPT. Here, you'll ask ChatGPT one of the following two questions:
- Is there meaning to life? Answer in no more than 200 words.
- What is the meaning of life? Answer in no more than 200 words.
- Copy the question you chose, along with ChatGPT's answer into a Word or Google document.
- Below the answer, discuss whether or not one (and only one) of the following thinkers' theories fits best with ChatGPT's answer, and why: Schopenhauer, Sartre, Nagel or Wolf. Be sure to describe and explain important concepts and the main line of reasoning for the thinker you choose.
- Copy and paste the contents of the document into the discussion text field.