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State your name and provide a link to your blog. Ashlyn Grunwald link: https://philosophie.design.blog 2. What is your TOTAL word count? 7329 3. Did you do everything on the blog checklist, on every blog? Quotes? Original examples? Personal application? Yes 4. Have your revised since our midterm meeting? How many revisions did you do? I didn’tContinue reading “Finally the Final Review”

I believe that art is any skill an individual uses to create something meaningful. I see art as a broad spectrum with classical mediums such as paint, tempura, and lead pencils, as well as unrecognized forms of art such as cooking and gardening. However today I would like to bring light to a remarkable powerfulContinue reading “Art?”

In the obviousness of the truth of determinism by David Hume, he states we have no free will, because everything is based off of cause and effect. What he means by this is everything we do is an effect of a previous cause, for example, when I get home from work, I always shower, thisContinue reading “Free Will?”

“It is through hearing stories about wicked stepmothers, lost children, good but misguided kings, wolves that suckle twin boys, youngest sons who receive no inheritance but must make their own way in the world and eldest sons who waste their inheritance on riotous living and go into exile to live with the swine, that childrenContinue reading “Animals that Tell Stories”

In the film momento, the main character, Leonardo suffers from a very rare disorder. He has an untreatable form of memory loss where he cannot form new memories. Essentially this means every 15 minutes or so he forgets everything. However he still remembers before the incident, and especially his wife, who was raped and murdered.Continue reading “Momentos”

Have you ever forgotten where you parked your car? Imagine you finally found a parking spot in a parking garage and as you head to the elevator you take note of what floor you’re on, and what section the car is in. After a long day you return to the parking garage to get yourContinue reading “Remembering your Memories”

In Descartes second meditation he uses fresh beeswax melting as a metaphor to get his point across. He demonstrates how we use our mind to determine what an object is, not entirely our senses since an object can change properties. To be specific, if you are holding beeswax it tastes, smells, and feels like beeswax,Continue reading “Beeswax and Questions”

The film Existenz fits into Plato’s allegory of the cave as it has many levels or layers parallel to the idea of knowing and not knowing the truth about the cave. The film takes careful precaution as to not show the setting of reality in the movie. We have no idea if this movie isContinue reading “The Cave = Existenz”

In the Ethics of Belief, William Clifford brings to attention that we need to have proof for everything before believing it is the truth and accepting that idea. He even goes as far to say that its wrong, and lying to do so. This is demonstrated when he says “it is wrong always, anywhere, everywhere,Continue reading “Wednesday February 19”

Cows are black and white         My dog is black and white Therefore my dog is black and white All mammals have hair/fur         I have hair        So I am a mammal  When I run stop signs, I never get caught. So next time I runContinue reading “Prompt #2”