tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post4076583856202374903..comments2023-08-14T22:40:14.605-10:00Comments on Philosophy Metablog: Introduction to Philosophy Using My Dog JoconeTristan Hazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008340011384137776noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-21767823736620888492018-02-11T03:13:34.388-10:002018-02-11T03:13:34.388-10:00Speaking of introductions, allow me to introduce m...Speaking of introductions, allow me to introduce myself. I'm a small liberal arts teacher, long time lurker first time commenter!<br /><br />Really love the site! I like your dog Joxone as well - firm, but fair. Seriously though, he is a really great dog.Small SLACnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-10554481616527679142018-02-10T02:53:14.143-10:002018-02-10T02:53:14.143-10:00Proposal For An Introduction of Philosophy Based o...Proposal For An Introduction of Philosophy Based on Social Logic<br /><br />I would like to call everyone I know to a conference in which we will explore, in a word, social logic. What is this discipline? We all know ontology - the study of being qua being. And social ontology studies social structures, and has interesting ties to metaethics and metaphysics. But the logic of social structures has yet to be explored. Please collaborate on this with me! Send a CV and three letters of recommendation to 22 Arms Road, Farmhaven. My University has given me an email address which I will disclose once I have disclosed the breakdown of the conference. I have a series of notes made on different days about different parts of the discipline of social logic:<br /><br /><br /><br />- Non-contradiction. Questioning the boundaries.Social logic represents reciprocity and relations of personal import in a framework which can facilitate inferences and sustain action. The connection with motivation and belief is what makes this subtopic such a werewolf in this area.<br /><br /><br /><br />- Ex quodiblet. Creating new structures. When you are allowed to infer anything in the social world, order collapses. How can we "patch" a societal fix whereby we enjoy mediated reciprocal relations which benefit the common weal equitably. This is the problem of moral chance. I was once wearing a dagger and hammer and chain, and I bought a pair of tongs to go with it. That is why the metaphysics of social kinds was artful and yet to come.SocialPhilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-17306290245806627972018-01-21T05:14:22.043-10:002018-01-21T05:14:22.043-10:00The problem with your argument is that you can'...The problem with your argument is that you can't *introduce* these kids to philosophy. They're in there all the time, talking about the deepest subjects that animate our lives. I remember becoming a student with a red parasol in my hand, lining up for my enrolment forms. 'A big road lies ahead!', I marvelled. This is the type of experience I want to create for my kids now. Thanks for this.Linguistics Dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-74107516010741616422018-01-20T15:11:11.030-10:002018-01-20T15:11:11.030-10:00I think that the children who make up my philosoph...I think that the children who make up my philosophy course can be treated as a set of points, with some idealisation. I then try to "convert" these to another set using various closure operations and matrices. If we define the operation as a success function, then the path from learning to understanding tends toward nil. Oil up those babies, I say.<br /><br />- VealVealhttp://philjobs.org/philosophyofmathematicsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-23303647651487670142018-01-17T18:53:27.148-10:002018-01-17T18:53:27.148-10:00This makes me so angry. Who cares about your dog? ...This makes me so angry. Who cares about your dog? This is professionally reprehensible. You sit there talking to all these young impressionable minds about your stupid dog, meanwhile we don't even know the answers to some of the greatest philosophical questions that have ever been found. You're playing with your dog while Rome stagnates? Go to hell.Concerned Profhttp://mealsquares.com/orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-55943603041098265572018-01-16T03:32:33.995-10:002018-01-16T03:32:33.995-10:00Thanks for this. I have also been mixing it up whe...Thanks for this. I have also been mixing it up when teaching introductory philosophy.<br /><br />- Body and Mind: Nozick, Philosophical Investigations, modal realism.<br /><br />- Sex and the body: Simone de Bauvoir, Roland Barthes, Slavoj Zizek, Derek Parfit<br /><br />- Mathematics (week 3): 2 + 2 = 4, metatheory, Robinson Arithmetic, Plato, Benaceraff.<br /><br />- Arch Enemies: Robert Duvall, Strawson.<br /><br />- General Studies: My mum, my dad, the stars, astronomy, and my ideas about transubstatiation (it's all - Frankfurtian - bullshit).<br /><br />- Pop Culture And Philosophy. Readings of Culture.<br /><br />- Logical Argumentation. On When A Follows From B.<br /><br />- Fashion and sex: people have been changing for ever, what are some of the best looks they have had?<br /><br />A script will be read out at each lecture, with a sketch composed by local comedians. A bit book will come out of the ground and the students will be invited to "feel" the vibes coming out of the book. That's when the philosophy goes into them - the readings are just a little bit of salt and pepper in my opinion. I'm on a quest to turn philosophy into a vibrant, fun activity.<br /><br />I guess you could say it's been a success! Seriously though, Jocone is AMAZING. Really enjoy that small dog.The Pluralisthttp://dryagonal-intentions.haslanger.co.uk/orthogonalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046242122963537690.post-12318880184278113282018-01-16T03:25:32.170-10:002018-01-16T03:25:32.170-10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.The Pluralist Post-Dochttp://diagonal-intentions.haslanger.co.uknoreply@blogger.com