[lit-ideas] Re: Decisions, decisions

  • From: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:16:24 -0400

God, I hope there's a comic book...



Erin
Toronto



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Paul" <Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:10 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Decisions, decisions


> But I would be interested in which movies people here would recommend
> for intro phil.
>  -------------------------------------
> Would it be rude of me to say 'none'? Probably, but I'm not happy with the
idea
> that everything should be something else. If they can't read Descartes'
> Meditations and understand them, perhaps they could go into accounting
without
> passing Go.
>
> It would be depressing--is depressing--to think that The Matrix is the
only way
> into the problem of Cartesian global scepticism, and that without its
special
> effects today's students will not understand the philosophical issues
(which
> are?) involved.
>
> I'd give the same answer if I were asked to suggest movies to show to an
intro
> lit class (one that was reading Jane Eyre, e.g.)  If the _only_ way to get
their
> attention is via a movie, why not just admit that you're dealing with
different
> issues and different genres?
>
> There's probably a witty comic book illustrating the Philosophical
> Investigations, but should there be I'd recommend it only to students
who'd
> struggled for a while with the original. They'd get it.
>
> Robert Paul
> The Old Oligarch
> Reed College
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