PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lewis Carroll, Aporia, Irony
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Dr itard tried to teach him to speak: the child was too old to learn languages. To discover whether he had an innate sense of justice, he punished him unfairly as an experiment (the child was especially furious when this happened) Concluded that the child had an innate sense of justice. Ousseau: (cid:862)ma(cid:374) is (cid:271)or(cid:374) free, a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)er(cid:455)(cid:449)here he is i(cid:374) (cid:272)hai(cid:374)s(cid:863) society is inherently corrupting. Hobbes (12th (cid:449)eek(cid:895): life i(cid:374) the state of (cid:374)ature is (cid:862)solidarit(cid:455), poor, (cid:374)ast(cid:455), (cid:271)rutish a(cid:374)d short(cid:863) And cf. the original motivation for cooperation in rp. Knowledge, opinion, divine inspiration: (cid:862)corre(cid:272)t opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) just as good a guide(cid:863) (cid:894)9(cid:1011)(cid:271)(cid:895) correct opinion just as good as knowledge. Two guides to larissa: knowledge, true opinion. Proposed disti(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374): k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge (cid:862)al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s su(cid:272)(cid:272)essful, right opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) o(cid:374)l(cid:455) so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es(cid:863) But (cid:862)as lo(cid:374)g as he has right opi(cid:374)io(cid:374) ! (cid:863) Produ(cid:272)ed statues so (cid:449)ell the(cid:455) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e arou(cid:374)d (cid:862)u(cid:374)til (cid:455)ou tether the(cid:373) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g out the reaso(cid:374)(cid:863) (98a)
