G W F Hegel 1770 1831 1 Denied separate wellsprings of sense and intellect Codependent of each other 2 Philosophy must be historic not appriori prior to experience Example A lion sees me this is an example of a being acknowledging NEGATION that he she is a thing in the external world The lion charges using sense to see it coming there is then a negation interruption of being that causes a switch to intellect to avoid being attacked by the lion SENSE INTELLECT Supporters Right Hegelians Christian Message Left Hegelians Social Justice Worker s paradise St Louis Hegelians Class mobility o Ingenuity o American know how o Inventiveness o Problem solving All of which lead to improving upon the original idea Pragmatism Knowing is doing C S Peirce 1839 1914 Beliefs are fixed Tenacity love an idea and hold on to it Tenacious very determined to do something Authority there is a right way to think you must believe in our beliefs Appriori prior to experience use reason a matter of taste The Scientific Method 1 Problem 3 Test Guiding Principles Examples 2 Hypotheses Diagnosis and solution 4 Objective Conclusion Science magnetism gravity Cultural taking off a hat for the pledge of allegiance The Essential principles 1 Belief habit non reflective 2 Doubt 3 Inquiry 4 Objective a Ex a chair you are not constantly worrying about the chair you are sitting in a Ex the chair creaks and you begin doubting its ability as a chair a In the face of a problem how can it be averted What is wrong with my chair a Here is what is wrong with my chair how to fix it the structure etc The cycle that repeats itself and you take your objective and it then becomes a habitual belief mind as minding managing problems Ontological Pluralism everything that can be an object of inquiry Ontology study of the nature John Dewey 1859 1952 of being Postulate of Immediate Empiricism What is is what it is experienced as Pattern Non reflective experience also called a primary experience Hypotheses Ideas of Empirical Tools Data Ex try to move the podium but it won t budge as easily as usual Check for a nail or heavy object in the bottom Problem Test Objective Ex Apply a crowbar to lift the podium from the stage lifting shows there was a nail Method how leads to the content what How Animal Primitive Man What Probability Authority Experimental Method
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