tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post1301533737438514331..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: A Stroll to Remember- Part 1Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-76122064744543493522016-08-03T19:38:01.812-05:002016-08-03T19:38:01.812-05:00I had a hard time understanding the content of thi...I had a hard time understanding the content of this course early on as well. I thin my uundergrad degree in hit=story helped me a bit as I am accustomed to researching old dead White guys. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05977733557584434972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-16783452820238236652016-08-03T18:41:10.379-05:002016-08-03T18:41:10.379-05:00What is real and what is not is a prevailing topic...What is real and what is not is a prevailing topic of discussion in hip hop. Careers are defined by their realness. Look at the rap battles of our time for proof. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943082944062234473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-86304529917988813902016-08-03T13:50:28.291-05:002016-08-03T13:50:28.291-05:00http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philoso...http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/philosopherUnderTheBed.pngAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368774213329512055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-16075741756110116362016-08-03T13:49:38.407-05:002016-08-03T13:49:38.407-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368774213329512055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-73239673921547473432016-08-03T13:46:48.642-05:002016-08-03T13:46:48.642-05:00I'm also the first in my family to go to colle...I'm also the first in my family to go to college and additionally go to Graduate School. I really enjoyed your comparison of philosopher's and how philosophy has contributed to your life. Sounds like you are pondering dreaded existentialism. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368774213329512055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-91973304013252591702016-08-03T09:46:16.792-05:002016-08-03T09:46:16.792-05:00Check out Rebecca Goldstein's virtual time mac...Check out Rebecca Goldstein's virtual time machine in "Plato at the Googleplex," wherein the old boy ages pretty well. If you read it and have thoughts to share, please do.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-60137491512087516722016-08-03T08:56:05.356-05:002016-08-03T08:56:05.356-05:00Thank you Angel for your thoughts. I so understand...Thank you Angel for your thoughts. I so understand "Philosophy is not my field of expertise and until now I thought the two of us never intertwined." I marvel at how much I have learned this semester and how much more I have to learn. Compared to Dean and Cody, I seem like a novice except I'm a much older novice who has experienced some life changing moments and much more time to reflect on life. I know this was mentioned in class and I would love to transport Plato and Aristotle to our time and then give them all of the knowledge that has transpired since their time and ask them to reflect on how they would edit their writings with this new knowledge. That would make for some very interesting discussions and reading.Don Ensshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170334399142085128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-89004919222292356862016-08-01T15:46:27.309-05:002016-08-01T15:46:27.309-05:00Are our most profoundly-felt realities, like a mot...Are our most profoundly-felt realities, like a mother's unconditional love, really quantifiable? That seems like a limiting term, in this context. Don't we rather want to say that such love is boundless, uncontained by any tidy scheme of accounting? But maybe, Plato would say, I just don't value numbers enough. In any event you're right, the crucial questions are still: real according to whom, and by what definition?<br /><br />I'm not sure Plato and Aristotle play so direct a role in our lives, though the bifurcating poles of their conversation are still with us: one world or two, naturalism or mysticism, etc. But philosophy definitely plays a role in all our lives, as my pal James said: "I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you is the way in which it determines the perspective in your several worlds..."Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.com