Familiarizing with the Culture of the Deaf People

Familiarizing with the Culture of the Deaf People

Paper Prompts: Write on ONE of the following topics:

(1) Explain the paradox of constitution. Ted Sider distinguishes four solutions to the paradox of constitution. Which of these solution strikes you as plausible and why? What, if anything, is problematic about your favorite solution to the paradox of constitution?

(2) Explain the the extended mind (cognition) thesis and some of the objections to the thesis. Do you agree with Clark and Chalmers that the mind can extend beyond just the skully and the body? Explain your answers.

(3) What is the best way to define culture? Why do deaf people resist the disability label? If your were a deaf parent, would you give your child cochlear implants? Explain your answers.

(4) Obfuscation is the ‘addition of ambiguous, confusing, or misleading information to interfere with surveillance and data collection projects’ to ‘ buy time, gain cover, and hide in a crowd of signals’ (Brunton and Nissenbaum, Obfuscation: A User’s Guide for Privacy and Protest, MIT 2015). Is obfuscation a form of lying? Can obfuscation be justified? Is it an act of free riding on the willingness of others to disclose data about themselves? Explain your answers.

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