Feminism and Knowledge

   As I was reading about Feminism I realized that yes our teachers always teach us about that but theres so much to think about. Women had no rights. Philosophers put in in their head that they are things not people. They could not say anything or think anything. The man was the one who had full control over the women. I think it is so sad. They were almost like slaves. We dont really talk about feminism but it is still their until today. Many men still think that women are suppose to cook everyday and clean. My boyfriend is always saying I should cook food everyday. Women these days do not have time to cook everyday. I work 5 days and go to school full time taking 18 credits, do you think I can cook everyday?


Knowledge is what we know, sometimes what we learned, sometimes what we hear. Sometimes we have knowlege about reading and writing but we cannot write a paper on a perticular subject. This does not mean we do not have knowledge at all, we just do not know enough. My knowledge is not the same as yours. I cannot know what you are thinking. Even if you explain what you are thinking I will never be fully able to understand what you really are thinking.  Sometimes knowledge is experience. For example if you have never been on a plane. You have knowledge of how it looks and feels but until you actually fly you will not have the same knowledge as people who did fly.

Thoughts

I think the statement of our knowledge is based on our senses is true. Our knowledge comes from what we we learned from our parents. When they told us to not scream because its not polite we learned not to do it. T.V or reading helps us know what we did not know before. All of this has to do with knowledge.

I think mathematical knowledge is also based on our senses. You must see the problem that you will do, then you must listen to what (for example) the professor is saying about the problem and how to do it.

Sometimes we believe what we hear and sometimes it takes a little more than just believing. Sometimes you must see it for your self. For example if someone told you there are unicorns, you would not believe it but if you saw one would you believe it then?

methodological skepticism

          Methodological skepticism is the process of doubting ones beliefs. If my oppinion I think we all have thoughts about our beliefs. I am a Catholic and I believe in God but when something goes wrong and things dont go the way they are planned I start doubting my beliefs. I know this is wrong but I think many people do it because we belief God is suppose to protect us from any harm but sometimes things dont go as planned. We belief that when something bad happens it will come around because "things like that do not happen to us" but sometimes things do.

Allegory and the Cave

There are many different ways to think about Allegory and the Cave. Prisoners are walking tied up, and they can only see what is infront of them. I think in some way we are all like the prisoners. We only know what we are used to and sometimes you dont want to know anything else because it can be scary. I think the prisinors are used to it, to them it is normal and they do not know of anything but that. This reminds me of my anthropology class, my teacher travels all over the world and she tells us what she sees, like men holding hands, they are not gay, they are just friendly, to them it is normal, but we think it is somewhat of and many people will scare and think it is weird. I think this is what Allegory and the Cave tries to tell us. Sometimes the norm for us is not the norm for others.

Philosophy

         There are so many things to think about philosophy. Philosophy is a way to define if something is real or fake. It may be fake to you but it can be real to me and that is what philosophy really is. People can say aliens are not real, but there are different theories that can prove that they are real, and there are theories that can prove they are not. Philosophy makes us think differently about things, and that is what I really hope to learn a lot about. I think this class will leave me with so much new information and it will make me think about things differently. I hope this class will test my mind and make me believe things I thought I never would, to me that is the interesting part of life.