Saturday, April 28, 2018
Last class before finals
On Thursday for the last class before finals for Early Modern Philosophy we discussed trends in European Philosophy from Heidegger thru Alain Badiou and others. The goal was to familiarize everyone with who is who - like Zizek for instance. Some like Bernard Henri-Levy have much political influence. I did not get to Peter Sloterdijk but I should have. The video is posted here. The quiz question was ? For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question was which French singer do you like? The topic was the Social Constructor and what did you think of the course... The video is posted here. Remember next week for both of these courses there is only one meeting - not two, but that meeting begins at 1 for both. Since I am going to show the movie The Circle and discuss it in both sessions you are welcome to come to either Tuesday or Thursday if one meets your schedule better than the other. For the last class for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy the first half we discussed Dun Scotus and William of Occam (notice there are at least three different spellings of his name Ockham. Also famous for his "razor". The video is posted here. For the second half of the session we began watching the movie Luther which we will watch the rest of the way next week on Fricay evening when we meet for the last time. Quiz question was do you think Trump has read Machiavelli's THe Prince?
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1. Yes, I believe President trump either read the book or seen the movies and modeled himself after the characters in the book's and films. In his body language and mannerisms and the way he speaks in public any way is like he is acting all mighty yet speaking down to people like he is speaking to children some times.
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