PHI 1000 Lecture 4: PHI 4
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Thinking itself is what determines reality" for descartes. They were the earth, the sky, the stars, and all the other objects which i was in the habit of perceiving by the senses. The worldview of the i took over, which meant clashes between views, an attempt to integrate human beings to a common world view now that society became secularized. The hegelian dialectic is a way of thinking on opposites. Two sides that are fundamentally flawed are pinned against each other (kerkegaard saw this dilemma of integrated dualism" in christianity) How do you go about getting out of the mundane view of the world (the i) and have a genuine relationship with god? . Kierkegaard couldn"t make the last step because he has never seen a man of faith. P36 because, getting isaac back in this world is tantamount to turning wine into water p 37.
