week 3

What do you make of empiricism's claim that all of our knowledge is based on the use of our senses? What areas of knowledge do you think support this theory? Are there any types of knowledge (mathematical knowledge, for example?) that you think are a problem for this theory?


I do believe he didn't really have any base to make this belief 100%. Granted yes you learn most of the things that you know today through experience and through making mistakes. But a lot of how we have gotten here and what we are truly made of is learned through books and through people telling us.
Like the story of the chicken, we don't know if the chicken will be fed the next morning like its routine. Or if the sun will rise in the morning. Everything is based on the now, there is so much we can learn from books, which make it necessary to know the basic, but everything else must come from experience.

Week 2

What do you think about methodological skepticism? Do we ever follow this procedure in our daily lives, or do we do the opposite. In other words, do we tend to believe things until it becomes impossible  to believe them, rather than doubting everything we can? If so, does this suggest that methological skepticism is not a good strategy?


I for one believe that this is true and false depending on the persons outlook. Personal experience i use to weigh 255 pounds and i always blamed bad genetics and my mothers thyroid issue and my stress for being fat. Therefor i believe it was purely impossible for me to lose weight. 85 pounds lost later i believe that anything is possible if you believe it is possible. Anything is attainable that you dream or believe in.
I again do believe methodological skepticism is false and true. Like they say " it is all in the eye of the beholder". You believe and it will happen, you fear and you will get nothing 

Week 1

 In the Allegory of the Cave, Socrates suggests that, without philosophical education, we are all like the prisoners in the cave. What are your thoughts on this? How is philosophy supposed to be liberating? Do you think Socrates is right to be so pessimistic about life without philosophy?


      I believe that what Socrates is saying is very true. As humans we really see only what we want to see or what we learned or what we believe we see. We are all prisoners of one sided stories. We,like the people imprisoned in the cave, only see the shadows of life.We would rather stay locked away only seeing shadows and reflections at a semi comfort than have to venture out of our bubble and challenge and hurt ourselves to see what everyone else was seeing and what these shadows truly are.
     Philosophy is supposed to be liberating, from what i understood, by showing us the hidden side of life. The danger side that we dont want to go out of our way and see.
    I do believe he has a right to be pessimistic about life without philosophy because life without it is a one sided story, you always need to hear both sides.