Game-Based Play
Fun with Philosophy
Terminology Torture
Way Back When
100

This ancient civilization we talked about today that prioritized play as part of learning

Who are: The Greeks

100

During this era, people believed that there was absolute truth to discover through the Scientific Method. 

What is: Enlightenment

100

Showing spontaneous and undirected play

What is: Ludic

100

These two theorists worked together as mentor and mentee; they talked about the shift from oral cultures to written/literate cultures and how it fundamentally changed us

Who are: McLuhan and Ong

200

This neurochemical, sometimes called the "reward" hormone is released during pleasure and is associated with improved motivation and learning

What is: Dopamine

200

This era could be characterized by the belief that everything is subjective, there are multiple truths that are equally valid. 

What are Post-Structuralism or Post-Modernism

200

The study of knowledge and knowing

What is: Epistemology

200

This gentleman believed in the importance of dialogue, and that the true word requires BOTH action and reflection

Who is: Freire

300

de Castell and her partner Jenson developed this game to engage people in learning about public health issues

What is: Contagion

300

This era proposed that while there were truths to be discovered, they had to be understood in context. 

What is: Structuralism

300

The unique personal emotional response to an image, a specific detail in the image that resonates for that individual viewer. 

What is: Punctum

300

According to this theorist - films can be critiqued as one of the central ways that the spectacle is communicated to us without our evening noticing, we are told what to admire, how to behave, even how to rebel...

Who is Debord OR Zizek