OU JMC 1013: Mr. Copper

Paglia/Postman/Nealon

Claim: Nealon would most likely agree with Paglia, because he says that while old references are important, it is not how we get the information, but that we get the information.

Evidence: We see this when Nealon talks about the author of a piece. He says that it doesn't matter who writes the piece, but that if a piece is written well then we will like it. He uses the example that no one knows much about the authors of great literature, but we definitely know the work. Paglia states that it doesn't matter how we get information in many different forms, in sort of a working osmosis process. It is her way of saying the same thing. It doesn't take a famous person to create a famous work.

Warrant: I think that this is true because if you think about it...how many famous books or movies can you name and how many writers can you name? Not very many. So I think that it doesn't matter how you get the information, but I do think that it's important that you get the information.

Qualifications: Not all people get their education through reading. Alot of people are visual learners and learn things solely from watching other people. It is virtually impossible for a visual learner to learn something from a book. There are all sorts of ways that people learn things that do not include written text.

posted by Courtney Wright @ 10:54 AM