Post by Donovan Strevell on Mar 12, 2017 22:23:25 GMT
Attached below are my answers for assignment 11632 Film Exam Questions | 1
Donovan Strevell
3/15/2017
Prof. Lane
Intro to Philosophy
11632
Philosophy Paper #1
1. It’s hard to believe that we are just stuff, but that may be the actual case today; some people believe we are just a body with nothing “meta” physical about us. Based off of the mysterium tremendum films, I believe the reasoning as to why we perceive this hypothesis is false due to a quote shared in the film by Richard Feynnman which states, “What I cannot create, I cannot understand.” People are caught up in the notion that if they cannot create something, then it merely doesn’t hold to be true, and if it doesn’t hold to be true, we believe is nonexistent. To further Feynnman’s quote, what we cannot understand we are lead to believe is mythical due to our lack of experience with that higher state of consciousness mentioned in the video. Personally, I would feel let down if I was just a body because I would have no control over anything: my personality, religion, values, likes/dislikes, etc. I would feel like a robot with no sense of individuality, living for nothing. What I am trying to say is having faith that I am more than a body gives me motivation to better myself and progress as a human being. If we had no meta physical makeup about us, nothing would ever progress. Everything would repeat itself an infinite number of times and everything would remain the same. With so many unanswered questions in philosophy and science, I find it hard to believe that I am just “stuff” because no one has successfully proven that hypothesis to be the absolute truth.
2. Plato’s allegory of the cave related to 2 specific events in my life where I realized that the stuff we now see isn’t the way it actually is in present time. One event actually happens multiple times a month when 3 of my best friends and I go to the top of a hill that borders Walnut, CA and West Covina, CA to escape reality for a bit and just talk about whatever comes to mind. The lookout is on top of a massive hill that overlooks the entire San Gabriel Valley and the night sky always seems to be shining bring with stars. One time, a friend of mine said to the group how almost unrealistic it seems that the starts we see in our night sky could have died millions or sometimes billions of years ago but we perceive them to be ‘shining’ in our present time. Another experience occurred in class this past Tuesday when Prof. Lane explained we could witness the sun exploding and wouldn’t feel a difference for about 8 minutes because of how far away we are from the sun.
Donovan Strevell
3/15/2017
Prof. Lane
Intro to Philosophy
11632
Philosophy Paper #1
1. It’s hard to believe that we are just stuff, but that may be the actual case today; some people believe we are just a body with nothing “meta” physical about us. Based off of the mysterium tremendum films, I believe the reasoning as to why we perceive this hypothesis is false due to a quote shared in the film by Richard Feynnman which states, “What I cannot create, I cannot understand.” People are caught up in the notion that if they cannot create something, then it merely doesn’t hold to be true, and if it doesn’t hold to be true, we believe is nonexistent. To further Feynnman’s quote, what we cannot understand we are lead to believe is mythical due to our lack of experience with that higher state of consciousness mentioned in the video. Personally, I would feel let down if I was just a body because I would have no control over anything: my personality, religion, values, likes/dislikes, etc. I would feel like a robot with no sense of individuality, living for nothing. What I am trying to say is having faith that I am more than a body gives me motivation to better myself and progress as a human being. If we had no meta physical makeup about us, nothing would ever progress. Everything would repeat itself an infinite number of times and everything would remain the same. With so many unanswered questions in philosophy and science, I find it hard to believe that I am just “stuff” because no one has successfully proven that hypothesis to be the absolute truth.
2. Plato’s allegory of the cave related to 2 specific events in my life where I realized that the stuff we now see isn’t the way it actually is in present time. One event actually happens multiple times a month when 3 of my best friends and I go to the top of a hill that borders Walnut, CA and West Covina, CA to escape reality for a bit and just talk about whatever comes to mind. The lookout is on top of a massive hill that overlooks the entire San Gabriel Valley and the night sky always seems to be shining bring with stars. One time, a friend of mine said to the group how almost unrealistic it seems that the starts we see in our night sky could have died millions or sometimes billions of years ago but we perceive them to be ‘shining’ in our present time. Another experience occurred in class this past Tuesday when Prof. Lane explained we could witness the sun exploding and wouldn’t feel a difference for about 8 minutes because of how far away we are from the sun.