PHI 2010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cornel West, Evil Demon, Black Nationalism
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Believes in changing the laws, changing the government by any means necessary, and black nationalism. Believes in non-violent protest and civil obedience regarding unjust. Cornel west believes that racial discrimination affects aspects of the colored man"s life such as: Descartes: my beliefs about objects in the world are fallible because. Discursive formations: every event has a cause (including human actions) The contents of my mind, mathematical truths how ideas are related, these are true by definition. ex: all bachelors are unmarried. Racism: black women were subjected to oppressions no white woman would have to endure. White women granted right to assume role of oppressor. Culture- shattered families no longer provide cultural armor needed. Hope- keeps hope distant, undermined by poverty based on inference from unreliable sensations, the evil demon can deceive me about these. In every society, language/discourse is controlled, selected, and distributed according to a certain number of procedures.
