We completed an activity on historical reliability and transmission of information, considering how personal perceptions and our interactions with various ways and areas of knowing affected the ways in which our historical information was relayed.We also discussed some of the underlying principles of historical observation using Jorgenson's rationalist 7-step model on the limits and reliability of history based on time, space, motivation, and quantity.
On Wednesday we considered the development of history throughout time, starting with the Greco-Roman traditions, swerving into the non-western developments of China and Muslim cultures. We left off with what will be a contrast between Early Christian and Judeo-Palestinian conceptions of time, into the Enlightenment Whip school, Hegelianism, Annales school and lastly, Marxism next week.
On Thursday we completed a Socratic Seminar on ethical dillemas
We came up with the following Problems of Knowledge Questions
1. To what extent is it ethical to control and moderate another's nature, as well as his ability to make choices?
2. How is purpose and motive contributing factors in the ethics of ownership?
3. How is justice quantified as punishment in different legal systems?
Assignments:
Team 1: 211-215
Team 2: 216-220
Team 3: 221-225
Team 4: 226-230
Team 5: 231-233
Team 6: 233-236
PP: Team 1-3: Georg Hegel
Team 4-6: Michel Foucault
AIO: Just War Theory
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