Tag: Socrates

Bridges of Play in Art, Philosophy, and Childhood

Dec 12, 2016

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Zack Ramey

in Imagination, improvised music, learning, philosophy, sketchbook drawing, watercolor

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glWjG7_Sv0E&w=853&h=480] The nature of the will is one of the major problematics of life. Philosophers and artists have long labored to clarify the position we are in concerning the will. How much power does one person have? How much responsibility does one have in achieving for oneself the good life, and how can this…
The Disembodiment of Knowledge

Sep 26, 2016

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Jennifer Ramey

in Education, learning, Media, philosophy

Thinking about Media with Socrates and McLuhan “Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior.” – Marshall McLuhan A gradual externalization of human knowledge began with the advent of written language, the first alphabets arising around the 3rd millennium BC, and the old Latin alphabet…