https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf Handmade in the Carolinas en-us 2017-09-10 02:48:09 UTC 2025-12-01 21:44:54 UTC hello@padlet.com ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/186119021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDvRdLMkHs 
This video gives a very helpful overall view of existentialism, and outlines what exactly each philosopher contributed to the view. I find this very helpful for distinguishing between philosophers and ideas, and also simply for more perspective and thoughts about the philosophy.]]> 2017-09-10 02:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/186119021 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/188186810 I thought this meme was an interesting way of poking fun at a modern phenomena. This meme points out the danger of texting and zoning out, which relates to the idea of natural selection that we talked about with our Darwin reading.]]> 2017-09-17 02:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/188186810 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/189588504 https://io9.gizmodo.com/why-freud-still-matters-when-he-was-wrong-about-almost-1055800815
I found this article that gives a lengthy explanation of why Sigmund Freud still matters today and what we can get from his work. It talks about how he was completely wrong in a lot of his conclusions and that we can not learn a lot of practical knowledge or gain any legitimate research from his work. However, even though Freud was "wrong" his contribution to Western thought as we know it is an influence beyond that of nearly any individual from his time.  ]]> 2017-09-21 02:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/189588504 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/192630981 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/opinion/communism-for-kids-scandal.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMarx%2C%20Karl&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection
This article explains and defends a children's book published on communism. The book educates children about communism and different historical figures associated with it, and although it has gotten an abundance of negative feedback, the author thinks that this backlash is an over reaction. Giving an idea of how people react to the word communism today, the article is both intriguing and ridiculous.]]> 2017-09-30 00:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/192630981 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/194945180 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz3eOb6Yl1s This video gives a fun and thought provoking lesson on marxism using mario bros. It explains the idea of alienation and gives an idea of what a communist society looked like to Marx. He also explained what Marx believed about capitalism. ]]> 2017-10-07 21:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/194945180 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/196991063 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unfortunate-fallout-of-campus-postmodernism/
I found this article extremely relevant to what we studied in class, and even though it was on the first page of google results for postmodernism, I couldn't pass it up. It goes through and cites several examples of demonstrations on college campuses all linked by common postmodern ideas. It definitely seems to take a strong stance against postmodern ideas, and I agree with the author on most of the issues. Particularly the instance of the Evergreen State College incident in Washington stuck out as a completely ridiculous example of how far postmodern ideas have gone.  The professor, Weinstein, was acting completely logically and was actually the one being discriminated against and yet the students still mobbed him and forced him to leave to protect his own safety.  
This article brings up some particularly good examples of not only postmodern ideas, but also of protesting and what is acceptable, making it perfectly relevant]]> 2017-10-14 01:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/196991063 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/199295592 For this weeks padlet I decided to post a compilation of Niezsche quotes.
"You have your way. I have my way.  As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."

"He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

"We have art in order not to die from the truth."

The first quote gives a very postmodern approach to opinions, being applicable to what we have thus far discussed in class.  I love the second quote because I am a person who has been drawn to solitude lately because of the business of life.  It also reminds me of Henry David Thoreau and his quest for solitude in Walden.  
The last quote is very interesting to me because Nietzsche thought of art as an escape from the harshness of reality. He thought that artists couldn't tolerate reality. I don't necessarily agree with him, but I think that art can certainly be a way to escape from reality and think in a world of creativity and limitlessness. ]]> 2017-10-21 19:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/199295592 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/201352264 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xo1zTWK3FE
I had to do a little bit of digging to find this video, but I think it contains some great quotes and and ideas from Richard Rorty himself.  He really shares a lot in a short amount of time, even with his slow formulated responses, and I think it gives a good window into the brain Rorty as a Philosopher.

The most interesting thing that I think he said was that he learned more from reading novels than any other source. He said "When I'm not reading philosophy I'm usually reading novels, and I suppose that novelists have had more influence on the way I think than any other kind of writer." I find the idea fascinating, and I like this quote, because I think that novels in particular are a very dynamic, and surprisingly good way of spreading ideas.
He also goes on to explain how all of the different fields of thought are connected, and he wouldn't bother trying to define where one starts and another begins.  
This video gives an idea of how Rorty thinks, and I thought it was neat that even after he has passed away, we can still hear his words and try to understand his thoughts.]]> 2017-10-27 20:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/201352264 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/203403371 http://www.cslewis.com/c-s-lewis-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-inklings/
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and a few other bright minds made a club and met weekly over drinks and smokes to talk about writing, philosophy, and all other sorts of topics.  I knew that Lewis and Tolkien had known each other, but what I would give to have been born 80 years earlier so that I could have shared an evening with these men!  The company mainly consisted of C.S. Lewis, his brother Warren, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and J.R.R. Tolkien. They were like the Anderson honors program, but older, all males, and encouraged by the soothing hands of tea, alchohol, and smoke. It's no wonder that works like the Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, and other iconic works came from men that were not only brilliant, but shared their minds with each other. ]]> 2017-11-03 17:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/203403371 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/205925315 In this long meme, there is a quote from C.S. Lewis describing how one should write. Good writing should make the reader think of adjectives, rather than be given shallow ones and expected to believe them. One of the main reasons why Lewis's work is still read today is because his writing is so brilliant and good to read. Descriptive and argumentative while simultaneously concise and intriguing, his writing both keeps the attention of his readers and dives down to depths of the pools of philosophy, theology, and life. ]]> 2017-11-11 21:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/205925315 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/208431132 Among several other posts that I found browsing Stephen Hicks' Twitter account was this funny qoute: 
"People with jobs cause income inequality.  We need to stop them." 
I found this quite humorous and I enjoy the wit and sarcasm. HIcks is the only philosopher we read this year with an active twitter account.]]> 2017-11-19 04:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/208431132 ianmn2100 https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/211552275 Throughout this class we have gone deep into modernism, postmodernism, and humanism, but perhaps more importantly we have spent a good deal of time arguing about truth.  When chatting about this outside of class, someone brought up the rapper Lecrae and how many of his early songs addressed topics like postmodernism and humanism.  I thought of the specific lyrics from the song "Truth".  The second verse goes like this:

"Man, some folks say, "All truth is relative, it just depends on what you believe."
You know, "Hey man, ain't no way to know for sure who God is or what's really true."
But that means you believe your own statement; that there's no way to know what's really true
You're saying that that statement is true
You're killing yourself. If what's true for you is true for you and what's true for me is true for me, what if my truth says yours is a lie?
Is it still true? Come on man!"

Thinking back to these lyrics that I had heard before, but not really understood was a cool connection that I made, and it's intriguing to find out that there are Christians who are trying to address and talk about these topics. This song is very applicable for what we have been talking about over the course of the year and recently, and contains some very deep arguments about truth.]]> 2017-11-29 18:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ianmn2100/7xe0zwnjkcgf/wish/211552275