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rmills1993

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:40 pm
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To fill a gap in college course titled Mind, Matter, and Madness (team-
taught, combining literature and Science), I'm looking for a short story
that deals with epistemology. Does Asimov have a short story that features
characters using various methods to arrive at knowledge or truth?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:40 pm
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E. Berger wrote:
 > To fill a gap in college course titled Mind, Matter, and Madness (team-
 > taught, combining literature and Science), I'm looking for a short story
 > that deals with epistemology. Does Asimov have a short story that features
 > characters using various methods to arrive at knowledge or truth?

How about one of his robot ones such as 'Liar' which could be used to
consider the debate between what people want to be told or 'Little Lost
Robot'.

I'm sure there are others but those two come to mind straight off.

Regards Greg

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:40 am
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E. Berger wrote:
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 > To fill a gap in college course titled Mind, Matter, and Madness (team-
 > taught, combining literature and Science), I'm looking for a short story
 > that deals with epistemology. Does Asimov have a short story that features
 > characters using various methods to arrive at knowledge or truth?

How about any of the "Black Widower" mysteries.

John
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:13 am
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John Dulak wrote:
 > E. Berger wrote:
 >
  >>To fill a gap in college course titled Mind, Matter, and Madness (team-
  >>taught, combining literature and Science), I'm looking for a short story
  >>that deals with epistemology. Does Asimov have a short story that features
  >>characters using various methods to arrive at knowledge or truth?
 >
 >
 > How about any of the "Black Widower" mysteries.
 >
 > John

I love those mysteries. I think I have read all of them.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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