After introducing yourself to the class,
please answer all parts of the following questions:
Since philosophical
questions are initially raised by ordinary everyday experiences, please share
with the class an experience that you yourself had that raised, or in hindsight
could have raised, what you think is an interesting philosophical question. Describe
your experience with as much detail as is necessary in order for everyone to
understand why it raises the question you are posing.
Discuss the
relationship between philosophical questioning, imagination, and human freedom.
Do you agree with Mirandola that human beings have no fixed human nature, and
that human beings can both sink to the level of ‘brutes’ or rise to the level
of divinity? Why or why not? Be specific as to your reasoning here.
When Russell introduces the notion of
‘sense
data’, what is he trying to do with it? If sense-data are the contents
of our sensations, how do we ever ‘bridge the gap’ between our sense-data and
the physical objects such data are supposed to represent? What tools might we
possibly use to explore the similarities and differences between the contents
of our sensations and the physical objects that supposedly exist independently
of them?
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