Up@dawn 2.0

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sec19 Grp1: S.P. 28-36

We didn't have a discussion today, so I guess I'll just summarize some major concepts and ideas in the assigned pages.

Lachs introduced his pragmatic views about the past, how it should be treasured and historically regarded in order to improve upon the future. He also discussed various philosophers' viewpoints on this. Hegel basically lives in the past, not the future, and says history will repeat itself and learning from it isn't possible. In the end, the universe unravels as it should. Pierce believes in cause & effect, that we can predict the future by looking at the causes in the past. Dewey claims intelligence is "embodied in concrete individuals."

More, lesser known philosophers are mentioned, too, but... meh. Lachs himself said quoting obscure philosophers was the mark of philosophical intelligence... or something like that.

At least this time we had more material to cover. But I feel THIS medium isn't very useful, since it's one-sided for me right now.

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