"I feel like Peter Falk’s Lieutenant Columbo, trying to move beyond our opening “What is Philosophy?” query in CoPhi. “One more thing…” Or two.
The one thing I awoke this morning wanting to be sure to have said to my philosophy neophytes, especially all those who told me during this first week that they don’t think they have a personal philosophy or even a rudimentary grasp of what it would mean to have one, is: Yes, you have. You just haven’t tried to say it yet. Or think it. So you’ve come to the right place, we’re all about throwing new seeds into the discussion in my classes."
Philosophy, trivial and sublime « Up@dawn
Matthew Zumwalt 13
ReplyDeleteI found our first group discussion to be highly productive and informative. each member of the group attempted to assess his/her own personal philosophy which led to a general discussion on the nature of philosophy and its relevance in everyday life.
I found this week's reading in PB to be particularly interesting. I have come up with several questions which might be worth discussing with the group:
Can you think of any practices or ideas which trigger your Yuk! factor? Is there a good reason you find these things repugnant or are they simply an irrational response?
What are some examples of laws or statues informed primarily by the Yuk! factor? Is it within the purpose of government to legislate on such issues which might not be in and of themselves inherently malignant?
Good questions!
ReplyDeleteYour group's Author has now posted a summary, Matthew, you might want to re-post this there.