But, if her philosophical education has sharpened her critical skills, she will then question the underlying assumptions.
When educated on topics it helps you ask questions, in this case it could help the original women in the article
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Philosophy is not fiction and philosophers are notoriously suspicious of it. Plato is often read as being one of the staunchest critics of the imaginative arts, in particular poetry, because they have the power to corrupt and mislead the soul
We see our lives as non fiction, as real but we question that as there’s nothing o back that up. I really like how Plato speaks on these reading because it shows how easy it is to change someone’s belifs and perspective, wethers it’s religion or just general beliefs
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Imagine that you are actually dreaming. Imagine that an evil demon is controlling your every thought. Imagine that everybody walking on the street is an automaton. When students take this imaginative exercise seriously, they start to feel as discomfited as Descartes himself must have. The ground starts shaking under them. It is at this moment that philosophy starts its work.
Imagining these concepts is important because it sparks question on what we understand as “real” and “fake”, these end up helping us understand wether that question should be asked or not
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