The Lack of Possibility for Akratic Action the Power of Art and Thinking to Overcome Human Irrationality
The lack of possibility for Akratic action
The Power of Art and Thinking to overcome Human irrationality
By: Paul Don Anderson
Akrasia:
The intentional action that is contrary to an individual’s (subjective) better judgment at the time of action.
Education: Opening The Door To bring about an understanding and acceptance of a new belief individuals must first be open to what might not make sense given their own, their friends, and the majorities interpretation of things. These new ideas might at first be thought of as a type of radicalism, but I have learned that the acceptance of the possibility of a new idea is the only way one changes as person, and the only way society as a whole can change. Throughout my college career I have found that sometimes a door opens and when we allow ourselves to walk through it we may find that there is an unimaginable world on the other side. On this note, Dr. Jason Wirth has been the most influential professor in my time spent here at Seattle University. He taught me that, “there are things that happen sometimes that let you soar out and feel a bigger thing.” To me that bigger thing has been the bright light of a Jesuit education. Jason told me during one of our few meetings about my papers in the fall of this school year that to find what I want to say I must
“walk towards the light and think deeper, and dig into the indecipherable depths of the bigger. Maybe enlightenment is far away Paul, but it is said that as you walk towards the light things get brighter.”
This is the wisdom that I will use to finish my philosophical career. I do not plan on continuing philosophy academically, but I will bring it with me in every action I take for the rest of my life. Philosophy is not something you sit down to do, but instead how one carries themselves through all of life’s mysteries.
Part 1: Introducing the problem of Akrasia
Many doubt there is good ground in believing that there is no strict
The Power of Art and Thinking to overcome Human irrationality
By: Paul Don Anderson
Akrasia:
The intentional action that is contrary to an individual’s (subjective) better judgment at the time of action.
Education: Opening The Door To bring about an understanding and acceptance of a new belief individuals must first be open to what might not make sense given their own, their friends, and the majorities interpretation of things. These new ideas might at first be thought of as a type of radicalism, but I have learned that the acceptance of the possibility of a new idea is the only way one changes as person, and the only way society as a whole can change. Throughout my college career I have found that sometimes a door opens and when we allow ourselves to walk through it we may find that there is an unimaginable world on the other side. On this note, Dr. Jason Wirth has been the most influential professor in my time spent here at Seattle University. He taught me that, “there are things that happen sometimes that let you soar out and feel a bigger thing.” To me that bigger thing has been the bright light of a Jesuit education. Jason told me during one of our few meetings about my papers in the fall of this school year that to find what I want to say I must
“walk towards the light and think deeper, and dig into the indecipherable depths of the bigger. Maybe enlightenment is far away Paul, but it is said that as you walk towards the light things get brighter.”
This is the wisdom that I will use to finish my philosophical career. I do not plan on continuing philosophy academically, but I will bring it with me in every action I take for the rest of my life. Philosophy is not something you sit down to do, but instead how one carries themselves through all of life’s mysteries.
Part 1: Introducing the problem of Akrasia
Many doubt there is good ground in believing that there is no strict
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