Reflection and Connection 3

Reflection:

Sophie's World is starting to get really weird. It was never that normal to begin with, but now it’s just going nuts. Hilde’s father apparently knows everything that Sophie and Alberto are doing, and Alberto says Hilde’s father isn’t a good guy and that he’s toying with them, but he calls Sophie Hilde at least 3 times? The letters addressed to Hilde from her father are also getting co addressed Sophie, and the messages are starting to mention her more in detail. It’s starting to get really confusing and hard to follow. Not to mention Sophie’s starting to sass Alberto a lot. I find it interesting that Alberto’s using time as a way to explain what happened in which period to Sophie. At this point though, I’m more interested in the story than with the philosophers. I’m not a fan of Descartes, Spinoza, or Locke I guess.

Connections:

As we were learning about the Baroque era, I couldn’t help but think that there’s a little of that going on right now. It seems like there’s more and more “carpe diem” going on, not to mention the conflicts with religion. I’m sure it’s nothing close to the actual period but I feel like there’s a little hint of it going on. It’s interesting to see how the philosophers of this era and their theories are used in movies now. Chuang-Tsu’s butterfly idea is really close to the plot of Inception in my eyes, with him wondering if he’s Chuang-Tsu dreaming of butterflies, or a butterfly dreaming as a person. Descartes’s mind separate from body theory has been replicated throughout time, with Hillary Putnam’s ideas in 1987 and The Matrix where reality is a barren wasteland but people spend time in a simulation world separate from the outside.