1) Please refer to the topics below. You have to choose at least one out of section I, one out of section II, and one out of section III. If you want to, you may choose more than one topic in each section; however, you will be graded based on the quality of your discussion, not the quantity of the topics you covered.
2) With the chosen topics as components, you have to write an essay in English with less than 1,500 words using Microsoft Word.
The Exam Topics with Three Sections
I. Scientific Literacy for Digital Age: Understanding Digit
1. Wave-Particle Duality (Lectures 1-9): Zajonc, Greene, Zukav, Barrett
2. Physics and Mathematics of Superposition (Lectures 10-21): Albert, Bain
II. Introduction to the Philosophy of Science for Digital Age
3. Penrose, The Road to Reality, Ch. 1 (Lectures 22-25)
4. Carnap, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Ch. 18. (Lectures 26-28)
III. Doing Philosophy with Kant
5. Walker, Kant, Ch. 1. (Lectures 28-30)
6. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, trans. Guyer and Wood, pp. 136-. (Lecture 30)
The Final Exam
Choose one theme and write an essay. Observe the format above.
1) Suppose you are writing a book entitled The Elements for Philosophical Understanding of Digital Age using class notes. Write an introduction to the book in English or Korean.
2) Suppose you are writing a book entitled The Elements for Philosophical Understanding of Digital Age using class notes. Write a conclusion of the book in English or Korean.
You may quote class notes or other materials. In that case you have to quote using quotation marks (“ ”) and mention the source with the exact page numbers in parenthesis. For example, “Example phrase” (Class notes, p. 132). If you do not use quotation marks to quote or omit the source for the quote, your essay will be regarded as the work of plagiarism and thus will not be graded. Your essay should be an appropriate mixture of class summary and your own ideas. Do not base your essay solely on quotes; that will be counted as plagiarism, too.
