Post by Chloe Wang on Jul 30, 2016 14:07:56 GMT
1. Why is understanding physics and the general rules of the universe so important in doing philosophy?
Understanding physics and the general rules of the universe is so important in doing philosophy is because it involves the understanding of the most cherished and deepest ideas of others, others that are more experienced and that made more observations. It inspires us to discover things that we may not know that we already understand or already have interest in. Also, philosophy is basically the study of reality and existence. Physics and the general rules of the universe is part of the critical and comprehensive process of thought that involves resolving confusion, distinguishing importance, looking for reasons, examining the world and etc. In “Quantum Weirdness,” it says that “the limitations of one’s cranial capacities predetermine what is accessible or knowable about any given aspect of reality. Change those neural coordinate and thereby change one’s intellectual map” (3). Our ability is so limited that it would take too much time to figure out things on our own, so we need to rely on the other more professional and experienced people out there that already have a theory to the doors of understanding the true meaning of philosophy.
2. What is eliminative materialism? Provide three examples of it.
Eliminative Materialism is basically a claim that the people’s understanding of things now is false and everything in the mental state does not exist. In the book, “Is the Universe Really Made of Tiny Rubber Bands?” it mentioned that “everything we see around us is just the mixing of different types of atoms,” which implies that everything that we see is a false reality, nothing actually really exist. The prisoners in the “Allegory of the Cave” only believe in the world that they imagined, even though they can’t see anything in the outside besides the shadows. One example of an eliminative materialism is one’s ideal type of person. People always imagine what kind of person that they want as a couple in the future, maybe someone that is pretty, intelligent, nice, kind, and etc. But these are only imaginations and it does not exist because that person in the future can turn out to be someone exactly the opposite. Another example is when a lover leaves us; we start crying and feel pain, but that painfulness does not exist because we are telling ourselves to be in pain, the pain itself is actually not there. Lastly, an example of eliminative materialism is that I wish I was at Disneyland right now, which is an act of desire because being at Disneyland is a physical act, desire is a mental state.
Understanding physics and the general rules of the universe is so important in doing philosophy is because it involves the understanding of the most cherished and deepest ideas of others, others that are more experienced and that made more observations. It inspires us to discover things that we may not know that we already understand or already have interest in. Also, philosophy is basically the study of reality and existence. Physics and the general rules of the universe is part of the critical and comprehensive process of thought that involves resolving confusion, distinguishing importance, looking for reasons, examining the world and etc. In “Quantum Weirdness,” it says that “the limitations of one’s cranial capacities predetermine what is accessible or knowable about any given aspect of reality. Change those neural coordinate and thereby change one’s intellectual map” (3). Our ability is so limited that it would take too much time to figure out things on our own, so we need to rely on the other more professional and experienced people out there that already have a theory to the doors of understanding the true meaning of philosophy.
2. What is eliminative materialism? Provide three examples of it.
Eliminative Materialism is basically a claim that the people’s understanding of things now is false and everything in the mental state does not exist. In the book, “Is the Universe Really Made of Tiny Rubber Bands?” it mentioned that “everything we see around us is just the mixing of different types of atoms,” which implies that everything that we see is a false reality, nothing actually really exist. The prisoners in the “Allegory of the Cave” only believe in the world that they imagined, even though they can’t see anything in the outside besides the shadows. One example of an eliminative materialism is one’s ideal type of person. People always imagine what kind of person that they want as a couple in the future, maybe someone that is pretty, intelligent, nice, kind, and etc. But these are only imaginations and it does not exist because that person in the future can turn out to be someone exactly the opposite. Another example is when a lover leaves us; we start crying and feel pain, but that painfulness does not exist because we are telling ourselves to be in pain, the pain itself is actually not there. Lastly, an example of eliminative materialism is that I wish I was at Disneyland right now, which is an act of desire because being at Disneyland is a physical act, desire is a mental state.