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On the strength of his privileged background, al-Kindī ascended about as high as a philosopher could at this time, becoming attached to the court of at least one caliph, al-Muʿtaṣim. He was tutor to this caliph’s son Ahmad, and dedicated several works to him. Al-Kindī’s masterpiece, On First Philosophy, was addressed to the caliph himself—even though al-Muʿtaṣim was more the type to crack together the skulls of enemies like the Byzantines than to crack his own skull against the formidable ramparts of Aristotelian metaphysics. In On First Philosophy, and other works, al-Kindī was doing not just philosophy, but also public relations. He was explaining in detail why the newly translated texts emanating from his circle were valuable for a Muslim readership, especially the wealthy elite who sponsored the translations. In On First Philosophy al-Kindī responds stridently to certain unnamed critics, religious scholars who protested against the use of Hellenic philosophical materials. These opponents may have thought that the revelation of the Koran made such materials superfluous, at best. Al-Kindī responds that the truth is valuable, wherever we find it. He puts that sentiment into practice in his philosophical writings, showing that Greek ideas provide support and explication for Muslim beliefs, ranging from the oneness of God to the immortality of the soul.
Peter Adamson, from Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3 on al-Kindī, our Philosopher of the Month.
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I don't end up being constructivist or relativistic about knowledge. I don't end up saying, "Well, knowledge is constructed by our psychological biases and by the structural constraints of a certain network or a certain organization of knowledge." I'm not a skeptic about knowledge, but the way in which we construct our knowledge institutions matters a lot in order to understand what will be filtered as knowledge in a certain time span, in a certain era, for a certain society. It is important to know the constraints.
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OK, Here is your super-duper truth of the day people:
1. If you want people to care about taxes, they have to make enough money so they also have to pay them.
2. If you want people to respect private property, they have to have property of their own in order to relate.
3. If you want families to stay together, you can't make it a financial advantage for them to separate (abortion included).
4. If you want people to respect your Ideological/religious beliefs, you also have to respect those of others and Ideological/religious beliefs are no excuse for your behavior.
So, you can figure out how to do that on your own, or you can listen to my plan:
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Panopticon Jeremy Bentham, 1791
Philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham developed the Panopticon in the late 18th century. The Panopticon explores ideas of exploiting power through architectural design. The Panopticon is used to manipulate the prisoners. Their cells are arranged to surround a central watchtower which they can see, but cannot see into. From this central watchtower, the guard has constant visual access to the surrounding cells. As the prisoners never know if they are being watched, they must act as if they are being constantly observed. The power in the design constantly controls the prisoners.