Sophie's World

Were on page 163 and I still think the Philosopher is really creepy. How he “knew” she was going to be in the cabin and leaves things for her. I think if Sophie really tried to look for the philosopher the book could get really interesting. As she tried to find the philosopher, the scene in the book could change and Sophie could actually experience what the philosophers were talking about. Reading letters over and over can get boring, so if Sophie was actually there and got to see what the particular philosopher did it would be better. Each chapter could be a different setting in the book. It can be like the chronicles of Narnia in a way. Sophie could probably better understand things if she actually experiences them. It would be a good way to give examples of the philosopher’s theory. 

Planet of the Apes- connection

While I was looking up St. Augustine, I came across a philosopher named Descartes. His man vs. animal theory stated that they must have the capacity for speech and act from knowledge. Only humans have minds. No matter how human-like an animal can be, you can always distinguish them from humans. This reminds me of the Movie Planet of the Apes. This movie really tests the theory because Apes act like the humans, but according to Descartes it isn’t possible. When the apes take over, they know how to do so from  “previous knowledge” which according to Descartes cant happen to animals. They learned how to be dominant from watching and observing the humans. They stored the information and became intellectual animals. Descartes believed that this could never happen because animals didn’t have the cognitive capacity to store that kind of information. Most people would say the animals became so smart because they got treats, but the animals weren’t given treats from learning how to take over the world. There was no difference between the people and the animals besides their appearance. Descartes theory was flipped in this movie, proving that animals can be just as smart as humans.

Connections!

This is a poster from breathe by Pink Floyd. I've never listened to them before but i came across this poster and it reminded me about our discussion about reality. We said that we still believe in things that we cant see that make up our lives. How we all believe the earth is round but only a few people have actually experienced that and have seen it.

 How i interpreted the poster was: If you go about your life with this motto you will have a very sheltered life. I think the whole part about reality and being able to dream is being able to experience things. Going back to talking about our senses, if you can only touch and see your not experiencing everything that you can and those two senses will eventually let you down. Our senses have a big play in our reality because it helps us interpret things that distinguish our reality from something else.

In case the poster doesn't show up it says:

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

Reflection on Sophie's world

First off, i think its really creepy that a 14 year old girl is perfectly fine getting all these notes from a stranger. At that age i wouldn't be as interested in the letters as she is. In the first chapter she talks about where the world comes from and i think its an annoying questions just like she does! I agree with Sophie- something had to start from something else, but what created the very first thing? What came before space? I think the mind's logic operates within space and time, so beyond space and time, logic doesn't work. So its hard to figure out what was before space when its such a hard thought process. Most people say God is the answer and leave it at that. Not a lot of people have science to back up their theory's because its such a big question, there is no answer.