PHIL 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Solipsism, Hilary Putnam, Susan R. Wolf
6 Dec 2017
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Even the term project is complex and iffy. By projects, she means goals and objectives that have positive values. Except that she insists that there has to be some objective value, not merely subjective. Wolf sa(cid:455)s that (cid:449)e should ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)a(cid:454)i(cid:373)all(cid:455) tole(cid:396)a(cid:374)t ideas of (cid:862)p(cid:396)oje(cid:272)t(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)positi(cid:448)e (cid:448)alue(cid:863) value. O(cid:374)e (cid:396)est(cid:396)i(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith positi(cid:448)e (cid:448)alue: (cid:374)ot (cid:373)e(cid:396)el(cid:455) a su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:448)alue. It should(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that is just for ourselves. Let"s (cid:373)ake a(cid:374) a(cid:374)alog(cid:455) (cid:449)ith (cid:862)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:272)ases of (cid:373)istake(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gful(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d life i(cid:374) a(cid:374) experience machine. Your poetry project might mean something to oneself but not to others. It has more value if some people can appreciate it (cid:862)(cid:449)hat i ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374) (cid:373)i(cid:374)d is the possi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) of a ki(cid:374)d of epipha(cid:374)(cid:455), i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h o(cid:374)e (cid:449)akes up to. Recognizing that you are just one person means that you should take into account the pain and pleasures of other people.
