ByMystie
My brain is not connecting the dots today. I drove several hours on Saturday, and I had some great thoughts I was going to post that I no longer remember. So this is all I have to contribute to the Poetic Knowledge book club. I remember some of the dots, but I don’t remember how…
ByMystie
For information and previous posts, see the page for this Poetic Knowledge Book Club This week we are covering part 1 of Chapter 4: Descartes and the Cartesian Legacy (pages 87-105). Next week we will read Chapter 4, part 2: pages 105-120). Summary Descartes wanted mathematical procedure and certainty in every field of knowledge, and…
ByMystie
Everyone’s posts have been great this week, but all I have is a short meditation for the Poetic Knowledge book club. It all began with this quote on page suddenly hitting me like a ton of bricks: John Dewey taught that schools are instruments of social change rather than of education, and that is one…
ByMystie
This week for the Poetic Knowledge Book Club, we are covering part 2 of Chapter 4: Descartes and the Cartesian Legacy (pages 87-105). Next week we will read Chapter 5: Voices for Poetic Knowledge after Descartes. Summary One negative influence of Descartes’ methodology (taking the mode of one branch of knowledge and applying it to…