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bullet (C1) Is it coherent? Do the various components of the view or position hang together logically? Does it make sense? Is it internally consistent? Is it inwardly congruent? Things have their seasons, and even certain kinds of eminence go in and out of style. But wisdom has an advantage: She is eternal. Key contributions: Popularizing existentialism; summarizing the existential perspective in the phrase existence precedes essence; developing existentialism as a philosophy of freedom
Oh, it was, except for the gas. We sell only new tanks with our grills, and they come empty. You have to go to a gas station or mini-mart to get gas for it. That’s why it won’t light. You got an empty tank. Searle considers a number of responses to his thought experiment, and offers his own replies. Probably the most serious response is that Searle begs the question when he asserts that the whole collection of stuff in the room including the books and himself, i.e., the whole system, does not understand. The “Systems Reply” holds that if functionalism is true then the whole system does understand Chinese, just as a Chinese speaker does even though it would be wrong to say that her brain or her tongue or some part of her understands Chinese by itself.
On a proper understanding of wisdom, it wouldn’t make sense to say of anyone, “He’s a wise man, but he lives like a fool.” If the life is foolish, then so is the person living it. To be a bit more metaphorical, wisdom is never just about the head, but also about the heart. It is a manner of being in the world. It’s not just about knowledge. P2. But it is possible for there to be a perfect actor or doppelgänger who behaves just like me but has different mental states or none at all.
bullet Hearing some common misunderstandings of philosophy, courtesy of history’s illustrious thinkers
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This book is full of the questions—and proposed solutions—to the questions that keep philosophers up at night, like:
Lewis, D. 1972. Psychophysical and Theoretical Identifications. The Australasian Journal of Philosophy 50: 249-258. In ancient times, the famous Roman statesman and author Cicero complained, There is nothing so absurd that it hasn’t been said by some philosopher. Of course, he, too, was some philosopher. But what about the other human beings who bear that label? What’s our view of them? More fans of philosophy
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There are many different ways of living, and a wide variety of things to value and pursue in this world, but is there any overall meaning to life? Is there a meaning to it all? Or is the world and everything in it ultimately meaningless? However, keep in mind the book is a bit pricey (due to its relative rarity?). You might want to first search for it in your local library. Respect and defend human rights. What are the basic things to which humans are entitled just because they’re humans? This question forms the basis of an inquiry into human rights. Ethics has a lot to say about what those rights are, who has them, and why. Many 21st century debates about torture, genocide, women’s rights, free speech, and welfare all focus on human rights
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