To be an absolute individual means to perceive everything using our senses. Our senses only allows us to feel what we, ourselves, feel so we can only know ourselves and are limited to what others know. What we touch triggers our sensory neurons (not anyone else's) to send signals to our brain (not anyone else's) so our brain can process the information. Our senses act like a "television screen", the only way we can perceive the world. I agree with Banach because each and every one of us learn differently. We may encounter the same situation, but the experience - what we take from the situation - is different among us. An absolute individual has an absolute identity; our fingerprints are different, our values are different, and even our facebook page are different.
I had once encountered the same experience Mr. Manley and most of the seniors had. Beginning of last year's chemistry class, we were to observe objects and what we were to take from that is what we perceive the world may not be the world. Our senses bring the information to our brain and our brain makes out the information based on the information delivered by our senses. This concept makes sense as it frustrated many seniors including myself.
I think the absolute freedom of absolute individuals means to do whatever the individual pleases. Of course, there will be consequences to that if another sees an action as immoral. Human happiness can be a lot of things; it is different for each individual. We go on this journey called life to find the happiness that is right for us. As we go on this journey, we encounter other individuals with their own sense of absolute freedom. I feel that something is immoral when it interferes with others' happiness and inflicts damage on others at the same time.
If Banach is right and we are completely alone in this world, I do not think it is a big concern. There is no way for one of us to be in someone else's shoes so why bother worrying about it. I would not say that we are completely alone in this world but see it in a different perspective: each of us is an individual who can interact with others. Each individual is unique and even though we cannot feel what another is feeling, we can still learn from each other and feel connected.
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ReplyDeleteI like how you start off the response in a sort of scientific way. If you think about it, everything starts from a logical, scientific standpoint and then people twist things into what they can understand or what they want. This point ties into what Banach says in a later part of the lecture (part two continued again)about how combining certain things in our life into a whole makes up our reality. If your own "combination" is much different from other people's does that make it any more right or wrong?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, your experience from science class year connects closely to the beginning of my biology class last year. Mr. Whelton tricked the class into thinking a piece of cheese was a candle (or something along those lines) by only letting us observe things that led us to a false conclusion. This situation taught me that there can always be hidden information about what is obvious that can completely change your view on a part of reality when you figure it out. There is no way a person can know if they know everything so people can never really be right about anything because there is always a chance for change (what did I just say?).
I have a feeling what you said about happiness in the third paragraph will be discussed at a later point in Banach's lecture. I wonder if he will agree with you...