Ans. This question is much in relevance to the concept of ‘generalizations’. ‘Generalizations’ are common opinions perceived by a large number of people. Often this is what actually drives people to believe in other people’s intuitions. For e.g. ‘The Mother’ is a spiritual leader through whose preaching people were enlightened by the messages she gave. The mother’s teachings were followed as they are very practical and reasonable. Hence, she had many followers/ disciples. This leaves a good impression of the mother’s faith. Her popularity is to be credited for it i.e. the general opinion people have of her makes one to trust this common intuition.
However, it is very difficult to determine whose intuition is better, as that is based on personal perception. In most cases Generalizations are the most reliable sources of knowledge and are these forms of intuitions are worth trusting; but there are times when they too are awry. For .e.g. many people suggest that Muslims are terrorists, just because a few of them have been involved in such crimes. This is wrong intuition, which one must not trust and must follow ones own senses, what one feels is correct. The entire Muslim community cannot be blamed because of the actions of a few of them. So one must trust the intuitions of those who reason seem plausible enough to be believed. This can be achieved by seeing to it that your beliefs are not driven by your emotions only, but more by reason to justify.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Q. If something is intuitively obvious, must everyone agree about it? (Is there anything that everyone agrees about?)
Ans. Intuitions are considered to be a source of knowledge. ‘Intuitions’ are associated with the Aha moment of insight where one suddenly stumbles upon a solution to a problem without undergoing any conscious process of reasoning. The term ‘intuitively obvious’ in the question arises generally when someone is asked to justify their reasons for something. For e.g. in the olden days one may have said that it is intuitively obvious that the world is flat as that was what they believed the reality was, however, now one may say this as he/ she have evidence that the world is not flat but round, this evidence may be in form of pictures, videos etc to justify her reasoning. So, if backed by proof, everyone must agree about it; at least for the time being until they have not proved this philosophy wrong too. However, there are cases where it is not necessary for everyone to agree about, that something, that is ‘intuitively obvious’. This is because there cases where one person/party would have a strong intuition for something, whereas the other, would disagree. For e.g. is sati an ethical practice; for most of the people it would be intuitively obvious that burning a woman alive is absolutely unethical and absurd, however there are people in rural areas of our country who yet believe in this hysterical practice; here, we witness what one person thinks to be incorrect may be different from the perceptions of others. Hence, until proved, it is not necessary that everyone has to agree that something is intuitively obvious.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
K@W Assignment
TOI Lead India Advertisement
Link:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnTG-QS6tg&feature=player_embedded
This is a video advert produced by the Times of India Group initiating the Lead India Program. ‘Lead India’ is a youth television program that is a hunt to identify ‘new leaders for a new India’; men and women with the vision and ability to empower is selected. However, there is a bigger reason and meaning behind this video that brings out several perceptions towards it. The means of language used in order to communicate with the viewers and evoke their inner emotions, in this video, are mostly visual, but it also consists of various sound effects and music that amplify the reason of the final message that it tries to deliver.
We are introduced to a social issue in this video i.e. the lack of unity and boldness in individuals among their own countrymen or community. The video commences with how a fallen tree creates traffic and how different people react to the situation by passing comments or cribbing instead of taking any effort of lifting the tree and moving it. We see that the cops are least bothered (in fact one of them is seen relaxing in the police car instead of trying to control the traffic or do anything about the tree that stands as a barrier) and are just shunning away passer-bys who are facing the problem.
Next we are given a glimpse into the field of politics where we see that the particular politician has already arranged for a car on the other side of this obstacle. These are our leaders; without carrying for the common mans’ problem, the politician just ignores this situation and continues on his own journey.
On the other side we can witness a typical chaotic street scene where people are blaming each other, horns blowing away from different vehicles, street kids playing around, etc. Here, is when a small school boy comes out of his bus, walks towards the fallen tree and begins to push it, this is the most powerful scene in the video that actually reveals the whole reason and the important message. At this time the perfect background music adds into the language of connecting the video with the viewer when the singer sings: “Tum chalo to Hindustan chale”, that means: “If you walk, so will India”, this is not only plausible for India, but to any nation in the world. Finally, through the means of this one boy, each person present at this scene feel ashamed of consciousness, get motivated and join in helping to shift the tree with a lot of effort, and eventually the hard work paid off well with success. We witness how each person realizes their own self-responsibilities (in this case, especially towards the nation) through their emotions. We also observe how the language of actions may speak louder than words and how the language has driven emotions of the people. The moral value of unity comes in major play here when people from different castes, creeds, sexes and ages come together as one to combat in combating problems.
The example of the Indian Independence in history stands as a striking and stronger ‘large-scale’ example based on this same principle. As there too people of different societies, creeds, colors, tongues, cultures, backgrounds, genders, etc, all came together as one word, ‘Indian’ to fight against the British for their freedom.
Finally, in conclusion I would perceive that the most important lesson reasoned out in this mini-clip would be:
“United We Stand Divided We Fall”
Link:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smnTG-QS6tg&feature=player_embedded
This is a video advert produced by the Times of India Group initiating the Lead India Program. ‘Lead India’ is a youth television program that is a hunt to identify ‘new leaders for a new India’; men and women with the vision and ability to empower is selected. However, there is a bigger reason and meaning behind this video that brings out several perceptions towards it. The means of language used in order to communicate with the viewers and evoke their inner emotions, in this video, are mostly visual, but it also consists of various sound effects and music that amplify the reason of the final message that it tries to deliver.
We are introduced to a social issue in this video i.e. the lack of unity and boldness in individuals among their own countrymen or community. The video commences with how a fallen tree creates traffic and how different people react to the situation by passing comments or cribbing instead of taking any effort of lifting the tree and moving it. We see that the cops are least bothered (in fact one of them is seen relaxing in the police car instead of trying to control the traffic or do anything about the tree that stands as a barrier) and are just shunning away passer-bys who are facing the problem.
Next we are given a glimpse into the field of politics where we see that the particular politician has already arranged for a car on the other side of this obstacle. These are our leaders; without carrying for the common mans’ problem, the politician just ignores this situation and continues on his own journey.
On the other side we can witness a typical chaotic street scene where people are blaming each other, horns blowing away from different vehicles, street kids playing around, etc. Here, is when a small school boy comes out of his bus, walks towards the fallen tree and begins to push it, this is the most powerful scene in the video that actually reveals the whole reason and the important message. At this time the perfect background music adds into the language of connecting the video with the viewer when the singer sings: “Tum chalo to Hindustan chale”, that means: “If you walk, so will India”, this is not only plausible for India, but to any nation in the world. Finally, through the means of this one boy, each person present at this scene feel ashamed of consciousness, get motivated and join in helping to shift the tree with a lot of effort, and eventually the hard work paid off well with success. We witness how each person realizes their own self-responsibilities (in this case, especially towards the nation) through their emotions. We also observe how the language of actions may speak louder than words and how the language has driven emotions of the people. The moral value of unity comes in major play here when people from different castes, creeds, sexes and ages come together as one to combat in combating problems.
The example of the Indian Independence in history stands as a striking and stronger ‘large-scale’ example based on this same principle. As there too people of different societies, creeds, colors, tongues, cultures, backgrounds, genders, etc, all came together as one word, ‘Indian’ to fight against the British for their freedom.
Finally, in conclusion I would perceive that the most important lesson reasoned out in this mini-clip would be:
“United We Stand Divided We Fall”
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