Discussion Question Category: Epistemology

Plato the Potato

What does it mean to believe there is more to life than what one is experiencing? Can we know there is more to life than what we are experiencing? What does “the unexamined life is not worth living” mean? Do you agree? If you heard there was much more to life than what you currently Plato the Potato

How many Stars in the Sky

Question Area One: Where does our knowledge come from? Question Area Two: Are there questions we cannot answer? Question Area Three: Is it okay to not know something? Activity: Can we count all the grains of sand? As we saw in the book, it may seem like an impossible task to count all of the How many Stars in the Sky

You Are Stardust

What is nature? Are we a part of nature or are we outside of it? What is our relationship to the rest of the natural world? Are we connected or disconnected? If we are connected, or a part of the natural world, what implications does this have on the way we treat it? Do we You Are Stardust

On The Day You Were Born

Option 1: Read the story only and then have a discussion. If questions come up about science background, you can refer to the index or other info sources. This option is the most open-ended and may lead to a discussion that is more generally philosophical and less scientific in nature. Option 2: Read the story. On The Day You Were Born

My Father’s Dragon

If you were Elmer, would you have gone to Wild Island? How could the animals have a revolution? What do you think would cause a revolution? Do you think it is a good idea to befriend stray animals? What do you think Elmer’s parents thought when he did not come home? Imagine that you could My Father’s Dragon