PHIL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Bet, John Mbiti, Cornel West
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The counter-cartesian model of the self: presupposes not an abstract world of abstract interactions but a messy world, one that is overwhelmingly harmful where there is injustice, cruelty, and brutality. John mbiti- it is (cid:374)ot (cid:862)i thi(cid:374)k therefore i a(cid:373)(cid:863) rather (cid:862) i a(cid:373) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e are a(cid:374)d si(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)e are therefore i a(cid:373)(cid:863: charles mills- to dou(cid:271)t is a (cid:862)perk of pri(cid:448)ilege(cid:863) *descartes had privilege of sitting in a stove heated room dreaming about his existence, others do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e that later. The self-other dynamic: the self is dynamically plastic= the self is not a static substance, rather, it is impacted by society. Persons who are vulnerable and can be hurt by others. (black, white, yellow, red, brown: the self does(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)ist (cid:271)efore the e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e of others. The self is fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tall(cid:455) interconnected with others: the self is always already linked to a larger historical context.
