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General Education courses A gymnasium of the mindKnowledge beyond one’s specialtyWriting and thinking across disciplinesWorking in collaboration with othersThinking critically & reasoning logically Developing some computer skills Sensitivity to others’ cultures & problems
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Have Fun But Not Too Much!
“But perhaps the biggest reason why intellectuals excoriated entertainment was that they understood all too well their own precariousness in a world dominated by it. For whatever the overt content of any particular work, entertainment as a whole promulgated an unmistakable theme, one that took dead aim at the intellectual’s most cherished values. That theme was the triumph of the senses over the mind, of emotion over reason, of chaos over order, of the id over the superego, of Dionysian abandon over Apollonian harmony. Entertainment was Plato’s worst nightmare. It deposed the rational and enthroned the sensational and in so doing deposed the intellectual minority and enthroned the unrefined majority.
Therein, for the intellectuals, lay utmost danger and deepest despair. They know that in the end, after all the imprecations had rung down around it, entertainment was less about morality or even aesthetics than about power—the power to replace the old cultural order with a new one, the power to replace the sublime with fun.”—Neal Gabler, Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1998, page 21.
Critical thinking tipsThink about thinkingLearn how to unlearnKnow the ‘what’ and the ‘who’Synthesis versus analysisWisdom versus knowledgeAcademia versus the mediaFacts versus judgmentsTruth as a thinking virtue Action versus reactionJustice as a social virtueResist appeals to prejudices Be prepared for different perspectivesDon’t believe everything you thinkLearn the habit of gathering and examining
evidence before forming conclusionsBe always aware of illusionsThink sometimes outside the box
Truth that Matters to Society
“Scientists must seek not just truth in general but truth that matters, and truths that matter not just to scientists but also to the larger society in which they live and work”
Philip Kitcher, “On the Autonomy of the Sciences,” Philosophy Today, 2004, pp. 51-57.
Consider the Big Picture
“Many people fall for mistaken common beliefs regarding their health because medicine today does not look at the human body as a whole. For many years there has been a trend for doctors to specialize, looking at and treating just one part of the body. We can’t see the forest for the trees. Everything in the human body is interconnected. Just because a component found in a food helps one part of the body function well, it does not mean that it is good for the entire body. When picking your food and drink, consider the big picture. You cannot decide whether a food is good or bad simply by looking at one ingredient found in that food.”
Hiromi Shinya, MD, The Enzyme Factor: Diet for the Future that wil.
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Myths are orally transmitted stories that are believed by their originating cultures and attempt to explain phenomena that cannot be easily explained. Myths exist in multiple versions and vary in details between tellings. Scholars from various fields like folklore, anthropology, psychology, and mythology have studied myths to understand the values, beliefs, and fears of cultures as reflected in their myths. Common elements in myths across cultures include explanations of creation, the structure of the universe, life and death, supernatural beings, disasters, heroes and tricksters, the relationship between humans and animals/plants, and concepts of the body, soul, marriage, and social norms.
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Myths are orally transmitted stories that are believed by their originating cultures and attempt to explain phenomena that cannot be easily explained. They express the values and beliefs of their cultures. Myths are studied by folklorists, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, and mythologists, with each viewing myths through their own lens. Common elements of myths include symbols, themes of creation, supernatural beings, heroes and tricksters, and explanations of life and death.
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Between 800 and 200 BCE, major religious and philosophical traditions emerged independently across Asia and the Mediterranean. These included Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Greek philosophy, and the prophets of Israel. This period saw increasing urbanization, political turmoil, and new concerns about morality and the afterlife. Major thinkers from this time established foundations for understanding humanity and its relationship with the cosmos that still influence many cultures today.
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The document discusses Theosophy and the Mahatmas, including Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott who co-founded the Theosophical Society. It provides biographical details on several Mahatmas such as Koot Hoomi, Morya, and K.H. It also discusses Alfred Sinnett's correspondence with the Mahatmas and their views on keeping occult knowledge secret from the public.
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Litcrit
Mythological criticism analyzes texts through recurring myths and archetypes. It combines anthropology, psychology, history, and religion. Key figures who developed this theory include James Frazer, Carl Jung, and Northrop Frye. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen can be interpreted through this lens. Situational myths in the play include light vs. darkness. Nora's tarantella dance symbolizes her inner turmoil. Character archetypes include the trickster (Helmer), the initiate (Nora), and the loyal sidekick (Mrs. Linde).
Beyondpluralism
This document discusses the history of how truth and knowledge have been understood over time. It begins 500 years ago when the Roman Catholic Church determined truth through church authorities. Martin Luther challenged this view by believing individuals could understand the Bible.
The document then discusses how views of truth and knowledge have evolved from absolutism to pluralism and relativism. It notes we may be in a similar time today where dominant methods of knowing truth are being challenged. It questions how we will respond to such challenges. The document provides historical examples and perspectives on these issues over hundreds of years to encourage moving beyond absolutism and relativism to a proper confidence through understanding different viewpoints.
Traditional Literature
Traditional literature refers to ancient stories and poems that were originally passed down orally from generation to generation before being written down. They have no identifiable author, come from oral traditions, and reflect the values of the times and societies in which they originated. Traditional stories include folktales, fables, myths, legends, epics, and religious tales, which all share features like simple plots, stock beginning and endings, and themes of universal truths.
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Myths as windows to truths
- 17. Myths: What They Are Myths are fictional and imaginative accounts and explanations of abstract truths and/or realities that cannot be observed or explained by conventional means such as history and the sciences.
- 19. Myths: What They Are Unlike the sciences and history, myths are not concerned about facts that can be directly observed by the senses.
- 21. Myths: What They Are Instead, myths are primarily concerned with those kind of things that are just as real and true as scientific and historical facts but that are of a different nature.
- 23. Myths: What They Are Myths, then, are primarily concerned with those kind of abstract things that can only be seen through the focused and trained eyes of the intellect, the human spirit, and the literary imagination.
- 25. Myths: What They Are Thus, myths are about topics such as love, goodness, duty, adventure, virtue, loyalty, courage, wisdom, destiny, fate, life, death, friendship, coming of age, eternity, truth, enlightenment, and the hero.
- 27. Myths: What They Are Obviously, the sciences and history cannot measure something that is impossible to observe through the senses. However, myths are designed to convey the lessons of love, goodness, courage, and all the rest of the many unseen truths that are beyond the physical realm.
- 30. Myths: Why They Are Used Since most knowledge deals with those things that cannot be experienced by the five senses, myth has a fulltime task to perform in the enlightenment and wisdom of our human species.
- 32. Myths: Why They Are Used To be sure, myth is not the only source of human knowledge of abstract realities, but it is one of the more significant ones. (Other sources include disciplines such as literature, philosophy, certain kinds of psychology, theology, and, of course, art. There are many more.)
- 35. Myths: How They Are Used Myths are used in more ways and in more instances by more people than you can imagine. Since they operate below and above our sensory radar, myths are something we tend either to be unaware of or something we tend to take for granted.
- 37. Myths: How They Are Used Myths and mythic elements are routinely used by artists and craftsmen of all types—novelists, short story writers, television writers, screenwriters, directors, painters, poets, dramatists, speech writers, music composers of all stripes, and in many more ways by many other diverse and creative people.
- 39. Myths: How They Are Used It is important to realize that myths come from all cultures (western, eastern, third world, middle eastern, etc.) and from all times and eras (prehistoric, ancient, middle ages, modern, postmodern, and even the present) . One might say that we humans are myth-making beings!
- 41. Myths: How They Are Used Thus, whether we realize it or not, myths of every conceivable kind and from every conceivable culture and time are continually being used, adapted, and modified by those who create what we see, hear, feel, and even taste and smell!
- 43. Myths: How They Are Used Myths transform abstract truths and realities that we cannot perceive through our five senses into representations that are so concrete and vivid we can almost sense them. Myths provide us with “images” of those things which can only be seen through the intellect, the spirit, and the literary imagination of humans.
- 54. The End