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FQ: Henry Sidewick, a late 19th century Victorian philosopher and professor at Cambridge University who wrote "Method of Ethics" was a ________ utilitarian. (hedonistic)
ReplyDeleteDQ: Going on David Edmunds first sentence in PBB about Nietzche... "Does art teach us truths, and is that its purpose?"
30 minute video on Nietzche Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvmmZym-Hfo
abigail Jones (16,3)
ReplyDeleteFQ: who wrote The Varieties of Religious Experience? James
DQ: as james argued with others, do you think a hunter circled his prey with the example in the book?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0IOWRAKcjk
I agree with you, Sam! I thought it was very exciting to walk around and discuss things in small groups! I feel like we all got more out of it! I would love to do this again on a pretty day!
ReplyDeleteI also agree, walking outside and philosophizing was a lot more fun and more thoughts came to my mind.
ReplyDeleteFQ: Who discovered the third great revolution in human thought called unconsciousness? ( Sigmund Freud)
DQ: Is God dead? What do you think of Niietzsche's philosophies on this subject?
Freud's psycho-sexual stage theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOoYX45G_0
I agree with Sam. I think better moving than sitting, and a change of scenery was nice for philosophizing.
ReplyDeleteFQ: What was Pierce's, James', and Rorty's ideology? (Pragmatism)
DQ: Is the "cash value" of an idea a determining factor in its truth?
Here is a good explanation of Marxism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W0GFSUu5UzA
I enjoyed the paripatetics' method as well, it gave rises to new ideas and more of open discussion. I believe the change of scenery is what makes this method interesting and more enjoyable than just sitting in a classroom.
ReplyDeleteFQ: Nietzche described himself to be an _________, not someone who deliberately does evil, but someone who believes that we need to get beyond all morality. [Immoralist]
DQ: What are you thoughts on emotion and irrational factors playing a role on human valued?
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/friedrich_nietzsche.html
i think the whole class can agree that we like this more. i get restless while sitting in that class.
Delete"...that class"?!
DeleteNatalie Blackwell 16-3
ReplyDeleteMoving around rather than sitting still for so long is definitely preferable. I enjoy the paripatetic's method as well.
FQ: What is pragmatism? (a philosophical approach that became popular in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Pragmatists wanted to make philosophy more scientific.)
DQ: Are there parts of your mind that are unreachable?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHxuA8ZNvlU