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> an inspiration for divergent thinking In my “living experience” philosophy was used as a tool to enforce the “correct” thinking. It can be easily converted
by MikePlacid 4y ago
> an inspiration for divergent thinking
In my “living experience” philosophy was used as a tool to enforce the “correct” thinking. It can be easily converted to such a tool, exactly because it has no strong tether to reality. Math is much less susceptible to such a conversion since each statement needs a proof, at least in principle.
And I don’t like the tendency to eliminate something just because it’s too hard for somebody. It may be reasonable in some cases, maybe even in this one - but where do we stop?
- alexvoda 4y agoWell that still happens, but instead it's in history classes. But in soviet countries during soviet times we had precisely that kind of "philosophy" classes mandatory. I wonder if that is what they meant? Also, note, I have some doubt that math is too hard for the majority of people. It is simply though very badly and most people develop a hatred for math very early on, subsequently making it a pain during each school year.