How to learn more or better October 17, 2009
Posted by cantueso in Philosophy, history, politics.trackback
What for ?
To become a little more objective. Nobody can be completely objective, because nobody ever has access to all knowledge. So objectivity is only an ideal and an aim to keep in mind. People who think or say that they are objective are fools.
1. Re-read your favourite author
Since he is your favourite, he is the one best suited to your world and so you can get the most out of him. Everyone has a world of his own, more or less clearly or nebulously defined where things get started.
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2. Re-search
Actively go after one or two of the people or events that you think were the most influential or important in the past where the data is less tainted by politics. Wikipedia could be a starting point.
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Left out:
Regularly read some 20 minutes of 1 classic to try and reduce the pressure of the things that can’t last. –
Sources
The Quixote and Sancho drawings and the photo are by gD
The kid going to school is a fragment from a drawing by Gary Olsen
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I really appreciate the simple wisdom of this post. Objectivity is a wonderful goal. I’m so tired of the type of thinking that starts with what MUST be the conclusion and works backward from there. That false logic tends to be rather ferocious when confronted. It’s pure subjectivity that thinks of itself as common sense, unassailable, e.g. Limbaugh Logic.
So you’re leaving out the bit about taking a brief look at a classic? Thank you.
I do not understand the last line.
I was not thinking of premises derived from hypothetical conclusions. After all that could still be objective as a procedure, but maybe wrong, mostly. Anyway, what is objective is not necessarily right.
I was thinking of IMHOs and of “I like” and “I do not like” as the absolute, single and unique response to all things. So it seemed useless to mention “the classics”.