Hello Group #1
I hope your Thanksgiving was great. I had lots of traveling and chaos which is part of why I was not in class last Tuesday. I apologize for that. Getting back into the swing of things:
I read deep into the first chapter of Stoic Pragmatism and I am aware we were to read over the first 6 pages and comment on that but there was mostly a review on what we have already learned or discussed.
The first chapter is thus far a good introduction for us by way of review from who we discussed and introduces a form of justification towards philosophy. Of course this is my opinion and this is a good way to begin this book as it should flow well into chapter #2.
The first six pages covers Plato's recap and starts to get into Rationalism vs. Empiricism. Using our senses to formitably diferentiate the actuallity of what is in front of us as truely existing or being versus using our senses to dictate existance whan the object may not truely be there.
FQ: Does Plato justify by senses or is he convinced that the object in question is a representation.
DQ: Are the senses that we have enough to justify the object in question?
Looking forward to Tuesdays discussion.
Mike....
F: Who thought philosophy constitutes self-consciousness of the age? (Hegel)
ReplyDeleteD: What does the fact that many philosophers cannot agree on ideas, say about philosophy in general?
f: What is plato's word for "love of the good"?
ReplyDeleted:How are we to decide which starting point is the correct one?
Factual Question: The 17th & 18th century philosophy clash in Europe was between what two schools of thought? (Rationalists & Empiricists)
ReplyDeleteDiscussion Question: "What Plato calls "eros", or love of the good, motivates us to reach for the higher, for what would truly fulfill us." Is this concept Plato's idea of a conscience or moral compass? How does that change from seemingly un-virtuous people?
Sorry for the late post everyone and for my absence of Tuesday. I was sick, and wish I could have been there for this discussion. John Lschs video was inspiring and made me think of how I perceive what good is and when is it enough. I wanna believe the old saying "There is never too much of a good thing" or something along those lines, but Lachs has made me question that theory. His book I have found to be quite a refresher about the philosophers we've already learned of and hope to read more about stotic pragmatism.
ReplyDeleteF?-Aristotle's philosophy is the basis of what we call?(common sense)
D?-I wonder if plato thought he wasn't a slave in the last years of his life, but that he is just a shadow of a slave? Thought?