Read Chapter 2 - Reality and Being - Is What You See What You Get?  Discuss each of the following issues in detail.  Explain your answers or views and the reasons for them.  Give a clear example to support your view.

3.1  List 5 different kinds of things which you are sure are 'real' and 5 which you are pretty sure are not 'real'.  Describe some of the ways you know this. (Place your response to the Discussion Board under Posting 3.1)



3.2  Was Protagoras right to claim that "man is the measure of all things"?  If so, what are the implications for "reality"?  Explain and give examples.  How might other creatures understand reality if they do or could?  (Place your response to the Discussion Board under Posting 3.2)



3.3  What effect, if any, do questions about the origin and age of the universe have on our ordinary experiences and understanding of  reality, humanity, plants, animals, the Earth? (Place your response to the Discussion Board under Posting 3.3)