Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela

"In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us." Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and their interrelatedness, or "ubuntu" -- defined as, "I am, because of you." And he dedicates the talk to South African leader Nelson Mandela, the human embodiment of that same great-hearted, generous spirit.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Blog 18: Human Sciences and Knowledge


Blog 18: Due Sunday, Sept. 8 by midnight.

The TEDtalk above by Margaret Heffernan delves into many aspects of the human sciences: free will, regret, collective knowledge, and shared vs. unshared values.  If you watch it and feel like commenting, please do so! Please also respond to the prompt below. 

“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan/The proper study of mankind is man.” –Alexander Pope

“We make our own surroundings and then they make us.” –Winston Churchill

We began talking this week about how our own personalities and our own way of being in the world contribute the ways in which we gain both personal and collective knowledge.  In this week’s blog, discuss how being self-aware is an important piece of the knowledge puzzle.  How do you relate to other knowers? Do you ever feel like you connect to or contribute to collective knowledge in a way that is different or unique from others? If so, try to explain.  Also, discuss whether you think (in terms of Human Sciences) whether collective or personal knowledge is more valuable. Feel free to work in one of the quotes above or something you wrote about in your comp book for this unit. 
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