THEO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Big Bang, Takers, Gen12
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Two fish swimming along, an older fish swims by and asks how"s the water? . One fish turns to the other and says, what the hell is water? . Water= things so basic to our understanding of the world that we are unaware they exist. For dfw, water is our basic set of assumptions and preconceived notions about the world around us. Arrogance is to hold a belief with blind certainty. Examines mythology, its effect on ethics, and how that relates to sustainability. Written in the style of socratic dialogue (between man and gorilla) Gorilla getting the student to look at the same context from a new perspective. Like david foster wallace, ishmael portrays the idea that there are basic assumptions all around us that we arent aware of. Cant shake the feeling we are being lied to . Epistemology: theory of knowledge (how we know what we know)
