Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Importance of Science

When considering the "nature of human nature," should science be an important factor?  Darwin takes evolution strongly into consideration when creating his theory of human nature.  The human body, is itself, an important factor and the human body is science.  I believe that under that simple connection, that science does deserve strong consideration in the evaluation of human nature.  Science explains how our brains work, how our hormones effect our actions, how our genes play a role in our life.  I believe religious theories of  human nature fail to take into consideration these crucial scientific factors and therefore are missing key points in their analyses 

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Response to Pitroff's "Sartre's Rejection of the..."

I believe that Satre, in his interpretation of dreams, is still heading in the same direction as he is when stating that we are condemned to be free.  Satre believes that human beings are meant to seek their own essence. Considering that, I believe that Sate's interpretation of dreams would  make sense.  As our bodies rest, our minds continue to make sense of our lives or make sense of our essence.  Freud's interpretation of dreams would fit well with Satre's.  In terms of determinism, I believe that Satre's response would be that our lives were determined but the meaning of life is not, and it is our duty to find out the meaning.  Whether finding this meaning is while we're awake or while we're asleep.