Key Ideas Many ideologies linked together by similar ideas drawn mainly from Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism Marxism Social Democracy Socialism Marxist-Leninism Anarchism Syndicalism Stalinism Maoism Feminism Reform liberalism *Note: there is no communist ideology, economy, etc.! Oppose capitalism because it is neither free nor just Capitalism is an unjust, exploitative economic system, thus generating…
Background Grew up in the medieval world where the questions of science Structured deeply by Aristotle and theology Descartes’ project: To establish new foundations for science Lodge the new foundation into mathematics A new source of veridicality (absolute certainty or truth) > new sense of self > Thinking “I” Text Discourse on Method Thesis of…
Language: History and Structure Language – a system of symbols and rules for combining these symbols in ways that can produce an almost infinite number of possible messages and meanings Three critical properties of language: Symbolic: Uses sounds, written signs, or gestures to refer to objects, events, ideas, and feelings Displacement – capacity of language…