Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Three Actions

This is going back while three weeks I think. Where the question was asked about three actions to consider and how they are broken down in philosophy art craft and science.

First Action
Botanty- The study of plants and other characteristics...
Men and women both look or observe things differently. For instance in botany a man may just look at the plant and be able to identify the class and species of that specific plant. They may not take in account for how pretty it may be or what colors would look nice in a yard to compliment the other various colors in a yard. (sorry this may seem like ramble). Where a female might take great care in noticing how beautiful the plant is constructed not only with naming and identifying the object but the aesthetic value of the pant itself. There is an art in physically being able to identify plants by looks and genre. Craft is involved as well. if your are looking r a specific plant lets say jewel weed or dutch mans britches you have to know what time of year they may be out or in bloom where they usually like to grow. Such as dense vegatation or little vegatation. Also i take s craft in memorizing the species and genre and knowing them. It takes training the brain to recognize the plant so you can name the plant at the same time. Science plays a major role in botany because science is what produced the plant in the first place. The process of them germination is also a key factor in science. Philosophy you can read and think about histories of certain plants if it has healing values or cleansing values to them. I don't know how else I could explain Botany and Philosophy?

Second Action
Construction Work
Men and womn do it differnetly because of their physical strength and stature. A woman might need more help in lifingt heavy blocks of concrete due to her phyical ablility to lift something. A male would probably need less help in lfiting becaue they are physically able to withstand lifting heavier things than women. Unless they are into body building... I guess they would not have a problem in lifting things. Philosophy ? I have no clue on how to put it into terms of Consturction work maybe there is not an option to put it in. Art and Craft coneside with each other because craft relates to the product so when a building is finished then all the material that went inot producing it is then seen. Also another way to bserve it the people doing the lifing or measuring take great care in making sure everything is accurate so that the builing or house dos not collapes or materials go to waste. Science plays a factor in this where the use of precision meaurements, some of the chemicals used need time to dry and that happens to fall under science because it is using outside elements to helpf with the reaction. Science is also what helps in keep things bound together.

Third Action
Riding Bike.
Men and women ride bike about the same and the mechanical aspects of the bike are the same. The bikes are made differently to support their height. Women and Men seem to ride bike for different purposes. Men seem to ride bike for more competitive reasons such as bike jumping or racing. Although there are some women who are competative in riding bike. Most seem to do it for leisure or to relieve bodily stresses. Riding Bike is an art as well as a craft because before someone can ride there has to be an artists or craftsperson to come up with the style of the bike whether mountion or leisure riding. It is also an art because it takes some talent to be able to multi task in peddling, keeping your center in the middle making sure to have the proper posture while riding or after the consequence of poor posture would be evident. Being able to not fall to one side is also an art. (I have done this and re adujusted my gears on the bike) Males seem to want to do more off road type of riding than females. Genrally speaking I hear of men talking about biking more than females. Biking is also a craft in without having the people to weld the frame together and think of the bike with round tires not oval we would not have the bike today. Science is also involved the technology is always changing for the bike lighter frame no breaks only breaks for back peddle and so on. How does philosophy go into riding bike?

Fourth
Writing

Men and women go about writing differently. Some women have large open letters which take up the whold line. some have small cursive slants that just seem to flow from the pencil others seem to be more aburpt. Men sometimes eem to write more darker and heavier than women. Some also seem to have sloppy chicken scratch like writing. Some females do too. Some also have typewriter like handwriting. Some females also have chickscratch like writing they also seem like they have bigger writing that touchs line to line. Ther is an art in hand writing also a craft look at calligraphy and Japanese handwriting. All of it is very beautiful. Nicely constructed lines where there is a point to a line width shape and structure of the line thickness. There is a science to it as well because you have to stategically place the curves to make it look like a letter. The way the pressure is put to let the letter be created. Lastly philosophy after the writing is done people could wirte therirr thoughts about it such as poetry which is the product of writing. I think there si more to it that that but in order maybe more explaination of philosphy?
Which one would be better for my paper or non of them or some sort of comparision?


1 comment:

M E Achtermann said...

I don't really want to say which of these is the better action to examine; all of them seem roughly comparable, although botany is more specific than the others. Your examination of the distinctions of male and female approaches to the different situations you might want to reconsider. I don't know that the distinctions you draw are really accurate to differences between the sexes or genders.

The difference between sexes and genders in interpreting problems, or in engaging in philosophy are craft science, IS well worth examining. I'm not convinced that it is a crucial block to the thesis. I think, rather, that one could say that there are fminine and masculine ways of engaging in philosophy, feminine and masculine ways of engaging in science, in craft, in art... But this does not change the presence of PACS, which is what we aim to test.

I'm going to speak particularly about Philosophy tonight, but here are a few basic notes:

Philosophy is mental. The entire action of philosophy itself is about knowledge -- particularly the species of knowledge called "wisdom", which is knowing what to do and when to do it.

Since philosophy is the pursuit or love of wisdom, and wisdom is about what is right to do, philosophy is ultimately concerned with ethics -- understanding morality. This POINTS TO action, but is not itself action.