- Oct 2024
-
philosophersmag.com philosophersmag.com
-
The way injustice often undermines our agency is by shrinking the horizons of what we think is possible. We simply accept that things cannot be any other way than they are.
This type of thinking is what i have strive to avoid, i know the systems set in place can be changed, and i understand it start with yourself. You change yourself, so you can change the world, is a literal statement, changing our mindset of complacent and full acceptance is the first step too seeing how things can be different for the better.
-
The deep underlying idea is that if we have to choose a social and political arrangement without knowing the position that we may occupy in society, we will choose fair principles to govern our social and political institutions.
The author makes a great point not knowing what our position maybe, we will want to make a society that is naturally more fair and just for everyone, the moment these roles are displayed a biased view will be made so that one can fully benefit from this society, system that they create.
-
During the first round of this exercise, students inevitably take so many fish that there are none left in the lake. Students then discuss what has happened and what they ought to do differently in the next round.
My question is do they not get to discuss prior to picking the fish out the bag, or pass fish to those who need it the most? I believe being aware of your reactions and thinking of how to better handle the situation so all families can survive. Can prevent situations like such too happen in reality.
-
Imagine that you are actually dreaming.
This idea that Descartes propose that one might dreaming is something i thought of myself. I've had an instance where i passed out and fell into a dream like state where everything was normal and i continued to live my life, something that felt like days was a mere 10 seconds in reality from passing out and waking up. This thought that we could be dreaming or i could be dreaming happened due to the incident, and all i can say is that in the moment you can't distinguish reality from a dream. So yes we can be dreaming and we wouldn't know it until you wake up.
-
When you’re tired and busy and overwhelmed with worry, you often do not have the luxury to consider these questions. You simply accept the challenges in front of you as those you must overcome. But in many cases these challenges are the result of your actions, the actions of others, social and political institutions, or a combination of all of these. Therefore, the first step in this kind of philosophical education is to shake students out of a complacent and uncritical acceptance of the world as it is.
Philosophy can help remove your stagnate way of thinking that we should just accept the world as it is and keep going forward. We learn that we don't have to accept it and in doing so we can find ways to make the situation better for ourselves and others
-
should go beyond showing students how to be critical thinkers: it must also teach students to imagine how the world could be different than it is and, in so doing, to consider better ways for them and the world to be.
I highly agree that a philosopher should also be able to explore the possibilities of how the world can be a better place. Along with them also being a better person. I believe this explores the idea of metacognition to a degree. This highlighted portion suggest that they have to imagine how they can be a better person, this action can only be done successfully if your are aware that you need to change and thinking about how that looks.
-
- Sep 2024
-
philosophersmag.com philosophersmag.com
-
philosophy teaches you to think and write logically and clearly.
It's true that philosophy teaches us skills that will be used later on in life. Such ass thinking and writing in a logical format like Jennifer M Morton says. As she also mentions that philosophy is too dive deeper in seek for knowledge. Which i would strongly agree with, this for the longest time is how i have viewed philosophy, asking questions that too many may sound repetitive or questions that may deconstruct a topic or idea that one is talking about.
-
Picture yourself as a young mother with two children. You enrol in university to obtain a bachelor’s degree, hoping to give yourself a better chance at a job that pays a living wage. Maybe you receive government loans to pay for tuition, and rely on your family’s help, but you still don’t have enough to pay for living expenses and childcare. So, you continue working at a job that pays slightly above minimum wage while taking a full load of courses. Every day you wake up early to get the children ready for school and commute an hour or more to university. After class, you pick up your children from school. If you’re lucky, you can drop them off with a relative while you go to work. By the time you return home in the evening, you are tired, but still have many pages to read and assignments to complete. This is your gruelling daily routine. Now, ask yourself: what could philosophy do for you?
The text is actively making us put ourselves in this scenario, so we can fully imagine this mothers life. We see how stressful and how tiring a live as such can be for one person. This mother does a lot for children and for herself, it's an impactful opening that can hook any person. It's a great introduction to how philosophy can help us.
-