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22235 | Feelings are not unchanging, but have a history (especially if they are noble) [Foucault] |
Full Idea: We believe that feelings are immutable, but every sentiment, particularly the most noble and disinterested, has a history. | |
From: Michel Foucault (Nietzsche, Genealogy, History [1971], p.86), quoted by Johanna Oksala - How to Read Foucault 5 | |
A reaction: This is the sort of remark that makes me think Foucault is worth reading. Aristotle thought you could teach correct feelings. That implies that you can also teach incorrect feelings. |
17710 | Aristotelian justification uses concepts abstracted from experience [Mares] |
Full Idea: Aristotelian justification is the process of reasoning using concepts that are abstracted from experience (rather than, say, concepts that are innate or those that we associate with the meanings of words). | |
From: Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 08.1) | |
A reaction: See Carrie Jenkins for a full theory along these lines (though she doesn't mention Aristotle). This is definitely my preferred view of concepts. |
17706 | The essence of a concept is either its definition or its conceptual relations? [Mares] |
Full Idea: In the 'classical theory' a concept includes in it those concepts that define it. ...In the 'theory theory' view the content of a concept is determined by its relationship to other concepts. | |
From: Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 03.10) | |
A reaction: Neither of these seem to give an intrinsic account of a concept, or any account of how the whole business gets off the ground. |