Post by jekkjekktarr on Mar 5, 2016 3:26:33 GMT
Christian Cerda
PHIL 5-15 (40846)
1. How would you feel if you realized that you were just “stuff”, just this body, and that there was nothing “meta” physical about you? Be sure to use your “I” voice and present your reaction in an autobiographical framework. Also make pertinent references (when possible) to the film on mysterium tremendum.
I feel like I’ve accepted the idea that we are just what we are, and not much else. I don’t think that means we’re worthless or less than we can be, but I believe that we are just a product of nature and not luminous beings. I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with believing that we could be more or are more than just people, but as humans we are made up of matter. Existing as a being of matter is not a putdown of who we are, it’s a way of explaining how we can exist relative to the rest of the universe. There is confusion about how being described as just matter can make us feel like less than who we are on a philosophical level, but that is just a misunderstanding of the term being used in this situation. Being what we are is what allows us to exist.
2. Using your own life as a template, provide two or more examples of Plato’s Allegory of the cave. Hint: think of those times in your life when you mistakenly believed something to be true or real but you later realized wasn’t. Be sure to think within the context of the movie.
In relation to Plato’s allegory of the cave, I feel like it’s common to just scroll through a news feed on a social media website and just read the headlines of whatever is posted without looking further into each individual story, so you just believe whatever you see. Very similar to the shadows moving across the cave appearing to be something that they actually aren’t. I know I’ve believed those kinds of headlines that just say bad things before but I eventually realized that a lot of them were skewed to entice you into clicking and reading further, but a lot of times I still ended up just taking those headlines as facts themselves. One specific example was a comment George Lucas made about Disney buying the Star Wars franchise which made him look really bad out of context. I went and watched the full interview that the quote was taken from and it made more sense once I saw his perspective of the situation and how he delivered what he said. I think it’s important to do research on topics like that so we aren’t like the people in the cave.
PHIL 5-15 (40846)
1. How would you feel if you realized that you were just “stuff”, just this body, and that there was nothing “meta” physical about you? Be sure to use your “I” voice and present your reaction in an autobiographical framework. Also make pertinent references (when possible) to the film on mysterium tremendum.
I feel like I’ve accepted the idea that we are just what we are, and not much else. I don’t think that means we’re worthless or less than we can be, but I believe that we are just a product of nature and not luminous beings. I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with believing that we could be more or are more than just people, but as humans we are made up of matter. Existing as a being of matter is not a putdown of who we are, it’s a way of explaining how we can exist relative to the rest of the universe. There is confusion about how being described as just matter can make us feel like less than who we are on a philosophical level, but that is just a misunderstanding of the term being used in this situation. Being what we are is what allows us to exist.
2. Using your own life as a template, provide two or more examples of Plato’s Allegory of the cave. Hint: think of those times in your life when you mistakenly believed something to be true or real but you later realized wasn’t. Be sure to think within the context of the movie.
In relation to Plato’s allegory of the cave, I feel like it’s common to just scroll through a news feed on a social media website and just read the headlines of whatever is posted without looking further into each individual story, so you just believe whatever you see. Very similar to the shadows moving across the cave appearing to be something that they actually aren’t. I know I’ve believed those kinds of headlines that just say bad things before but I eventually realized that a lot of them were skewed to entice you into clicking and reading further, but a lot of times I still ended up just taking those headlines as facts themselves. One specific example was a comment George Lucas made about Disney buying the Star Wars franchise which made him look really bad out of context. I went and watched the full interview that the quote was taken from and it made more sense once I saw his perspective of the situation and how he delivered what he said. I think it’s important to do research on topics like that so we aren’t like the people in the cave.