Philosophy- Russell's stopped clock case
Russells clock
• Justification
• Truth- you have to know that it is true
• Belief- its weird to know something and not believe in it
• When you have all, that Is knowledge
• Russells clock is an idea that shows that if you look at a clock and see the time is
10:30, you can justify it by checking your phone, watch etc.
• What if you walk in class and the clock says 10:30, but the clock died last night,
the time would still be correct therefore true.
• More controversially, Russell seems to be okay with philosophy concerning itself
with the unattainable ( Or rather not “confining ourselves to definitely
ascertainable knowledge”)
• He thinks the pursuit is a bit like training yourself for a 100km marathon even if
you can only achieve a 20km in reality.
• The training itself will benefit you (And liberate you from your couch)
• “The Value of philosophy is in fact sought to be largely in its very uncertainty. The
Man who Has No Tincture of Philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the
prejudices deprived from common sense, from the Habitual beliefs of his age or
his nation, and From….
• Russells view is that philosophy release us from Dogma and Prejudice
Intercultural Philosophy
• We’ve seen the emerging concerning philosophy as a critique or critic thinking
• In Fact, As a priest mentioned philosophy has the unique ability to Critique itself
• But it generally does so from the inside….
Struhl’s Proposal
• Struhl ( like Russell) assumes doing philosophy involves critical reflecting on ones
assumptions
• The argument is simple: Mono-cultural philosophy can’t achieve this goal without
competition
• The argument- Struhl’s argument has a few components
• Proper critique requires dialogue
• Dialogue is a conversation between a subject and the other
• Other is an Outsider
• Therefore, any True philosophical critique needs an outside perspective
• You need an outside perspective!
• How does this argument work
• Basically sStuhl treats philosophical traditions like people
• He assumes that you can never truly self-reflect unless you somehow succeed in
“othering” yourself
• Is This true?
Russells clock
• Justification
• Truth- you have to know that it is true
• Belief- its weird to know something and not believe in it
• When you have all, that Is knowledge
• Russells clock is an idea that shows that if you look at a clock and see the time is
10:30, you can justify it by checking your phone, watch etc.
• What if you walk in class and the clock says 10:30, but the clock died last night,
the time would still be correct therefore true.
• More controversially, Russell seems to be okay with philosophy concerning itself
with the unattainable ( Or rather not “confining ourselves to definitely
ascertainable knowledge”)
• He thinks the pursuit is a bit like training yourself for a 100km marathon even if
you can only achieve a 20km in reality.
• The training itself will benefit you (And liberate you from your couch)
• “The Value of philosophy is in fact sought to be largely in its very uncertainty. The
Man who Has No Tincture of Philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the
prejudices deprived from common sense, from the Habitual beliefs of his age or
his nation, and From….
• Russells view is that philosophy release us from Dogma and Prejudice
Intercultural Philosophy
• We’ve seen the emerging concerning philosophy as a critique or critic thinking
• In Fact, As a priest mentioned philosophy has the unique ability to Critique itself
• But it generally does so from the inside….
Struhl’s Proposal
• Struhl ( like Russell) assumes doing philosophy involves critical reflecting on ones
assumptions
• The argument is simple: Mono-cultural philosophy can’t achieve this goal without
competition
• The argument- Struhl’s argument has a few components
• Proper critique requires dialogue
• Dialogue is a conversation between a subject and the other
• Other is an Outsider
• Therefore, any True philosophical critique needs an outside perspective
• You need an outside perspective!
• How does this argument work
• Basically sStuhl treats philosophical traditions like people
• He assumes that you can never truly self-reflect unless you somehow succeed in
“othering” yourself
• Is This true?
