First meeting of presentation group:
I thought I was well prepared, but I had missed the real learning behind which was to collaborate with other students! I did not feel confident in the ideas that I was bringing to the meeting, as I found the theoretical concepts interesting but I felt I only just understood them myself, as soon as somebody asked me to explain the concepts even when I tried, I could see that I had not made myself understood, and in no way had I sparked a glimmer of interest :) I had worked quite hard to get the information together, but on reflection I would have been better off trying to make contact with the other students in the group. As our lecturer pointed out, how can we cover the subject of philosophy as method with four individuals each doing five minuites. In the meeting I found myself far more interested in her ideas about Arthur Schopenhauen and Joseph Campbell then my own ideas. I suppose this is what makes collaboration interesting.
We decided to divide the presentation up into: Schopenhauer; Joseph Campbell; Artists/Pictures; Paul Graham.
We had a not of discussion about the order...we started with Schopenhauer, but a group member felt that it was very important to start with context first. I need to read up on Schopenhauer, Campbell and Graham and am hoping I will have a better understanding of why it is important to start with context.
My five minuites is about looking at artists/pictures using philosophy as research....Schopenhauer, Campbell, Graham
















