Map of Western Philosophy
I don't get it. Must be a misprint on my copy... can't find Boethius, or maybe Galileo was just an extreme typo (notice how Galileo doesn't have the little plus sign extention?).
Yes, well, it glosses Hegel as "opposed the Enlightenment concepts of materialism and that the unfolding of history was (is?) purely mechanical." Perhaps not the most helpful.
As for G., there's no plus, but if you click the arrow, it takes you to his wiki page. Maybe it's a work in progress.
And Bof to your Boethius. Where's Adorno? Lacan? Foucault? Benjamin? Barthes?
Yeah, but we got Mandeville, can't have too much Mandeville.
This is an absurd way to map philosophy, and I will stake my grade 10 diploma on that.
This might be a better way of mapping philosophy, although it's currently short on philosophers:
Ha! That's pretty interesting. Not perfect, but useful.
Concept maps are a dime a dozen. If I gave a shit, then my concept map on philosphy would kick the ass of this lightweight version. harrumph.
I was definitely thinking that if this project were to work at all, Beltov, it would have to be collaborative. After about 90 seconds, it ceases to be useful, but I kind of like the concept.
We should do a babble version!
A map of Babblers?
Image in my mind of a topographical map of babblers. It ain't pretty.
I clicked a couple nodes corresponding to areas where I have some expertise. The expansions contained significant errors.
yea, it completely lacked the general application of historicism to philosophy and how the whole thing hung together. Unless you're fukiyama, history hasn't ended, marx comes after feuerbach, hegel, fichte, and kant, and greek philosophy has a history as long and as interesting as "modern" philosophy. It's the links that are the interesting part - but they're only interesting if the set up is good to begin with.
Well, let's see if we can do better. I've signed up for the system and started "babble's guide to philosophy" here:
http://www.mindmeister.com/71145949/babble-s-guide-to-philosophy
The password is "babble"
If anyone wants to sign up, PM me an email address and I'll invite you to collaborate. Everyone is welcome. I think we could make a pretty good go of it.
Lol.
We'll file you under "Skepticism," then, Cueball? Or are you more at home with the Epicureans?
I liked the way all branches led to Marx.
On our way to the campus pub after writing our final in Philosophy of Religion, we sang this.
Image in my mind of a topographical map of babblers. It ain't pretty.
Should we take that to mean you have volunteered?
Who would be the benchmark?
Who would be the benchmark?
Well I don't see any other hands up.
Seriously, PM me an email address (you just need one to register so I can invite you to the map) if you want to enter something. It might be fun.
Of course all the branches lead to Marx. I was thinking about putting in Fukiyama as a straw man, but I wanted to be more constructive. Come to think of it, is there anyone else?
Why dont you just put marx in the center.
Looking over at Catchfire out on his limb, handing him a saw.
Obviously, Marx belongs on the left.
bagkitty: I teach poetry to science students. I'm used to this limb.
So no takers?
I'm really, really busy right now. Otherwise, I would. Remind me over the Christmas week.
Great. Doubled our imaginary membership in a single day. bagkitty, I'm assuming you'll take c-4 to c-8 Christian philosophers, plus Janelle Monae and Nicki Minaj. Beltov can take Vico and Joe Hill.
Anyone else want to get in on the ground floor? Do it. Do it. Do the job.
Here's my map of Western philosphy:
nah, I want hume
@ Unionist
Very true. Though I suppose the question of what he means by the world is another one to toss back to the philosophers
nah, I want hume
Ooh! Oooh!!
I know the answer!
"David Hume could outconsume
Schopenhauer and Hegel
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel"
@ Unionist
Very true. Though I suppose the question of what he means by the world is another one to toss back to the philosophers
As soon as he means something by it - it changes.
I thought that was schroedinger
With thanks to Al-Qabong, for the memories:
bump bump!
Western philosophy is an oxymoron.
Or, Unionist, is the oxymoron a Western philosophy?
Either way, I think it would be a pretty good idea...
rough quote, maybe not exact ...
Q: What do you think of Western civilization?
Mohandas K. Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea.
Philosphers have only interpreted the West in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.
CMAP software might be very useful in regard to doing a map of Western Phil. See here for example.
Western Philosophy at this point is just a euphomism for aristotalian ideology(it covers everything after classical greece)
I don't get it. Must be a misprint on my copy... can't find Boethius, or maybe Galileo was just an extreme typo (notice how Galileo doesn't have the little plus sign extention?).
bump!
Yep, Galileo was another scientist on the ecclesiastical payroll. He was given a rough time by the Church and placed under house arrest, they say. But it was more like palacial arrest. and he continued his blasphemies ever after.