10 Matching Annotations
- Sep 2024
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philosophersmag.com philosophersmag.com
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can be central to the empowerment of those who are so often disempowered outside of the classroom
key idea
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shrinking the horizons of what we think is possible.
plato's cave
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political justification and justice to her own experience of political institutions.
govt should be made for the people, by the people, but that means ALL people
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But we often forget, I think, how successfully it harnesses the power of the imagination to construct an alternative vision of what society could be like.
something feels a little messed up here but I can't put my finger on it. it would be nice to make billionaires have to pay rent for once though, so maybe we should do this in real life
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Imagine that everybody walking on the street is an automaton
a little narcissistic?
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are failing as citizens if they turn their back on those in the cave who are less fortunate.
but how can they determine that their "knowledge" is superior/the "right" knowledge?
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how can it be that we can’t know any of what we thought we knew?
should we question reality as people born into certain religions tend to question their beliefs at an older age/as they become disillusioned?
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When you’re tired and busy and overwhelmed with worry, you often do not have the luxury to consider these questions
ability to study philosophy as a measure of class divide?
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uncritical acceptance of the world and ourselves as we are
teaching critical thinking and to question the world around you
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Knowledge with a capital K
asking how we know what we know?
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