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Chapter 2: Plato and Essentialism
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autobiography
Teleology and the problem of prediction
Chapter 2: Plato and Essentialism
What are other ways of having a unique identity?
copy vs original
norms and natural
How do we recognize things?
Mona Lisa
Is Plato's model the only one?
The teleological perspective believes there is a beginning, middle and end to all things, moving in a single coherent direction.
Difference as positive
Life without teleology
Copies are just as good as originals
If this is true, why are we so bad at predicting the future?
your own death
human essence
Norms change over time
stock market
scientific inventions
What about all the things that would not fit into your autobiography?
Perceptions are relative
1600s France
1500s England
Are you the author of your life?
Extra Credit (20 points)
Write a 1 page (200 word) autobiography using St. Augustine's structure:
In what other ways would the world look different if the future were teleologically organized? Come up with at least three examples.
author and authority
ideal beauty
Myths
Does authorship grant authority?
Is it universal?
from Greek autos, self
forensic identity
History
legal contract
Does history have a teleology?
court of law
Point of Origin
marriage
work contract
How do change ourselves?
Odysseus and the Sirens
Is memory reliable?
Large numbers of strangers can cooperate successfully by believing in common myths. Any large-scale human cooperation – whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe – is rooted in common myths that exist only in people’s collective imagination. - Yuval Harari
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