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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Section 14 , Group 4 Summary

In our discussion group today, we began by talking about what we all think Philosophy is. Most of us agreed on just about the same things when it came to this topic. We all, in some way, thought of Philosophy as trying to basically make sense of the situations you are in and the way one thinks. We then began to talk about the book , "Pearl in the Storm". Being that only a few of us had read that book for those that did not, we were informed on what the book was about and the author. One main thing that was discussed in our group was the fact that the author stated that she rowed across the Atlantic river. We were kind of having conflicting thoughts based on that whole situation. Some of us thought that she told that story just to be like, "Hey, I did it. What have you done?" Some of us thought that she was possibly trying to be inspiring. We tended to have different views about the author and her book. Yet, in the end one of our group members made the statement, "You have to take what has pushed you down in order to do things that will ultimately push you forward". This in the end concluded into a thought stating that people have different views about different things as well as similar things. This conclusion is set for Philosophy as well. No one really knows what Philosophy means. We come up with the most reasonable answer based off what we have heard, seen, or done most of the time. Overall this was a very good group discussion.

5 comments:

  1. Where's the "Atlantic River"?

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  2. Roberto Kohler (Section 14/Group 4)1:59 AM CDT

    I heavily enjoyed our conversation in class. Everyone in our group had very valid points that got my brain going there for awhile; very appreciated. We spent most of our time on "The Pearl in the Storm", and I'm much more excited for us to get into actual philosophical topics, it's bound to be interesting. I still am not too positive what my opinion on Tori McClure is, but I've been enlightened to many different perspectives from our conversation.

    My questions:
    -How does Saveulescu believe intuition plays a roll in our reactions to situations?
    -Is there a difference between our intuition and elaborated thought? Are they not the same thing?

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    1. Garrett Milich (sec. 14)11:02 AM CDT

      In reply to your second question, intuition seems to me something much more innate than elaborated thought. After all, intuition (by definition) lacks the need for "conscious reasoning." We could think of elaborated thought as learned behavior. We are taught (and desire!) to seek explanation and rationalize our surroundings. Otherwise, we would simply act on our instincts.

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  3. Alex Williams9:39 AM CDT

    I found our discussion to be really interesting. I can tell that my group was pretty open minded, but also had a lot of their own points they liked to get across. It was kind of cool being able to hear the thoughts on "Pearl in the Storm" from other people who took the message in the book very differently from the way I took it. I look forward to the other conversations we will have in this group.

    My Questions:

    1. What does Saveulescu believe the instinctive 'yuk' reaction is for?

    2. Do you think the 'Yuk' reaction is an advantage or disadvantage to humans in our modern day society?

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  4. Our group discussion was definitely interesting. It was refreshing to interact with the other minds in the group, and get an ideal of what our semester in this class should be like. The "Pearl in the Storm" discussion was pretty informative (especially since i didn't read the book).

    Question:
    According to Saveulescu, what are the 3 phases of "human relationships and love"?

    Saveulescu mentions that in modern-day society, we have the ability to "maintain love through the use of biology". If used, in ethical terms, how valuable would this method be? And, how morally-righteous would it be considerd?

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