philosophizing pt. 1` (mod #2.1)

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socratic method, Thought experiments, Phenomenology, Logical Reasoning, Modern method: Agent-based modelling

5 ways to philosophize

Socratic method

5 WAYS TO PHILOSOPHIZE:

you simply probe the issue by asking multiple questions;

it’s dialogue between the actors involved

thought experiment

5 WAYS TO PHILOSOPHIZE:

consists of presenting detailed scenarios, sometimes extreme ones, to illustrate your point;

steps:

• We visualize some situation that we have set up in the imagination.

• We let it run.

• We see what happens and draw a conclusion

abortion thought experiment

UNDER THOUGHT EXP:

argument:

A fetus is an innocent person.

All innocent persons have a right to life.

Abortion results in the death of a fetus.

Therefore, abortion is morally wrong.

some are too extreme and they need actual experiments

UNDER THOUGHT EXP:

these are criticisms of thought experiments (related debate: rationalism vs empiricism)

phenomenology

UNDER THOUGHT EXP:

aims to have first-person accounts of matters.;

your goal is to make sense of “lived experiences.”

• Issue: Talk is Cheap

agent-based modelling

5 WAYS OF PHILOSOPHIZING:

components:

• A set of agents, their attributes and behaviours.

• A set of agent relationships and methods of interaction:

• An underlying topology of connectedness defines how and with whom agents interact

  • ex. spatial proximity model being a simulation of dynamics of segregation

philosophy is the experience

UNDER FILIPINO PHILO:
“Ang pinakamahalaga sa kanyang pamamaraang pilosopikal ay ang pagbabad sa karanasan. Ayon sa kanya, hindi dapat nakahiwalay ang nagsisiyasat sa mismong sinisiyasat” (De Leon, 2015, p. 41).

• Related issue: value laden vs value free approach

danas-masid-kilatis-

UNDER FILIPINO PHILO:

for Ferriols, philosophizing should use this method

• posibleng madama (recognition) ng isang tao ang kakitiran ng kanyang katuwiran at naising kumawala (struggle) sa maling kayabangan sa pamamagitan ng palagiang pagkamulat sa kanyang katangahan

  • emphasizes understanding truth by deeply immersing in personal experience (danas), closely observing reality (masid), and critically evaluating or discerning its meaning (kilatis).

pluriversality

UNIVERSAL VS. CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE

decolonial, ontological concept advocating for a world where "many worlds fit"—coexisting, diverse ways of knowing, being, and relating to nature

trans disciplinarity

UNIVERSAL VS. CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE

recognizing all forms of knowledge from all sources

False; should be does matters

TRUE OR FALSE:
Language – the use of Filipino languages -- doesn’t matter.

autonomous

2 MEANINGS OF DECOLONIZATION:

Assuring that the (previous) colony is _____ – it’s self governing.

forswear

2 MEANINGS OF DECOLONIZATION:

“Forcing an ex-colony to ______…any and every cultural, political, intellectual, social and linguistic artefact, idea, process, institution and practice that retains even the slightest whiff of the colonial past”

• Taiwo argues that this is problematic

not equal to, equals to, appropriated

MAIN ARGUMENTS AGAINST DECOLONIZATION:

Western domination/colonialism does _____ modernity

• Modernity _____ reason and democracy

• The tools imposed/passed on to colonies can be _______.

fetishize

MAIN ARGUMENTS AGAINST DECOLONIZATION:

There’s a tendency to ______ a (possibly problematic or imagined) past.

True

TRUE OR FALSE:

A practical implication of decolonization include in education:

• There are tradeoffs involved. More time spent theorizing about decolonization means less time for other (arguably) more important matters.

  • Case: backwards statistics training in the social sciences in the country

True

TRUE OR FALSE:

A practical implication of decolonization include in politics:

• Blaming everything to colonialism might lead to us not noticing the current problems mainly caused already by modern laws/institutions