The texts this
week were easier to read and understand than those the first week which made
the assignment a bit easier. I also think that the seminar was very interesting
this week. Håkan, our seminar leader, was really good and I felt like I could follow all the reasoning
even though I unfortunately missed his lecture due to illness.
During the
seminar we talked a lot about nominalism and I got a clearer view of what
nominalism really mean. We also talked about enlightenment and how it was
supposed to give us freedom. Adorno and Horkheimer talked about how enlightenment
would “free” us from myths and the ones telling the myths. We discussed in the
seminar that Adorno and Horkheimer’s idea of enlightenment was good although it
might not be totally true. Instead of getting freedom we started to believe in
science which is told to us by scientist. We also talked about how it, today,
almost is taboo to question a scientist since “they are always right”. The
enlightenment therefore just made us switch which authority we believe in.
I think the same as you regarding the texts this week. They were much easier to understand even though there were some concepts that were not clear. Its good when you reflect up on the things you discuss during the seminars, and it’s easy to follow arguments the texts looking closer at. When I’m reading your text I miss some reflections and arguments of your own thoughts. What do you think of the concepts after the seminar compared to before. Its easy to write your text, keep it up! Good Luck ☺
SvaraRadera