Western Philosophy
WoW! New module today and man is it cool, i had brain ache after only 10 minutes! in one lecture we went over all the really cool philosophy bits (not sure what that leaves for the rest of the term, but anyhoo) We did some Descartes; "I think therefore i am" (or: "I'm pink, therefore i'm spam") we did all the fun; Is this chair here or not? am i just a brain in a jar? What are we sure of? Reductionism (gaz!) Virtue, the nature of the mind (what is mind? It doesn't matter, what is matter? Never mind) am i just a biological computer, or is everyone else just computers and i'm the only one capable of conscious thought? ARGH! but it is very cool, well at least i think it is.
posted by Freak | 13.1.06
4 Comments:
\m/ >.< \m/ REDUCTIONISM!! \m/ >.< \m/
oooooh that all sounds cool, i hope we do some of that in my AI bits next year
oh, and can you explain what that "I think therefore i am" means see view plate?
Reductionism, isn't actually that good, There are so many things in this world that connot simply be reduced to mathematical logic (and even if they could why not try and reduce that? Where does that come from? Surely "pure" maths was not the beginning of all things?
How about you reduce Love? You can't, its impossible. Just don't try and take the line of "love is just a bunch of hormones and electrical impulses, its not, its more than that, people are more than that. there are some things that just will not be reduced. And thats final.
for some reason imagine im saying this with george gallaway's voice: "i believe this is where you and i will have to agree to disagree"
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