Friday evening Introduction to Philosophy

I made three videos this evening because of a change in batteries. They are posted here, here, and the last half here. The first half was focused on Kant and his revolution leading to today where we consider the language we speak as the filter for how we think. Lera is a great example in her Ted Talk. The first quiz then was how do you think this tool enables us to understand many of the issues we face today? The second half of class was focused on Arendt and the issue of our intuition of good and evil. Scruton is mentioned again - since I really like what he says - and his discussion of our connection to beauty in the world. We also talked about the Native Language conference in Juneau this last week as part of this. The second quiz question then was how do youo deal with the lack of connnection we have in modern society to the earth?