Contradictory Nature of Human Life

Reflection on meeting #2 with Dr Marsigit.
PMAT Kelas C - Semester 1

It’s getting much clearer now, that the rain is gone. 

Reflecting deeply on the contradictory nature of human life, on God’s mercy and justice, on the seasonality of life, the nature of time and many other  aspects of life that continue to engage people in this world, Philosophising helps us to recollect cognitively with reflections and predictions on our experiences and towards our future respectively.

With such categories of experiences at a mature age we become aware of our multipersonality in the physical and spiritual sense so we strive to unite them as one, further specified by Hegel (1873),

The impressions from feeling and perception are, if we look to their contents, a multiplicity or miscellany of elements; and the multiplicity is equally conspicuous in their form. For sense is marked by a mutual exclusion of members; and that under two aspects, namely space and time, which, being the forms, that is to say, the universal type of perception, are themselves a priori. This congeries, afforded by sensation and perception, must however be reduced to an identity or primary synthesi. To accomplish this the ‘I’ brings it in relation to itself and unites it there in one consciousness which Kant calls pure ‘apperception’.

As we understand, there are two aspects of these categories. First by our instrumental perceptions of sense which rises to objectivity and experiences, secondly all these notions are unities in our conciousness. It is clear that our physical nature is somewhat different from our spiritual nature. In which all is governed, monitored or directed by our cognitive abilities. However, there is often clashes between the two categories, because there are laws which govern the two separately.  

Thus, I do understand that the above alone is a small category of Philosophy of life, which will manuever us into the basics of Philosophy of Science. There still is the theory of Gods existence which incorporates his love and mercy. In addition the seasonality of life and the nature of time, which all come under various philosophical theories.

Question for Dr. Marsigit.

Do you think that every adult in this world are aware of this two categories of life that we have?

Reference

Hegel's, G.W.F, 1873, " The Critical Philosophy: from The Shorter Logic"' translated by William Wallace, Clarendon Press

A Reflection of Self.

A reflection of self

How often do we take time to reflect on ourselves? How often do we take time to reflect on our inner and outerselves?  Why are we here on this earth? What are we doing here? What is our purpose in this life?  I can say that most of us are too occupied with what this world offers then to take quality time in reflecting upon them. It is most important to use these questions to ponder on our lives because if we are ignorant of such then we are not fulfilling our purpose in this life as God wills for us individualy.

But however, one thing is for certain, that God chose us to be borned into this world. Moreso, according to the Bible, he created us in his image (Genesis 1: 26-27). Thus, we are the image of God. So if we have two hands, two legs, two ears and so on, then so does God which makes us the most superior being in this world.

So what discrimates us? Obviously as we are all aware of, our colour, culture, traditions and customs, differences in values and ethics, differences in religious views, political views and so on as mentioned above things that this world offers. What if all of the latter do not exist? Despite our thoughts, God chose us to be what we are such as Indonesians, Fijians, Indians, Europeans and so on. Sometimes I ask myself why amI a Fijian, why can’t I be someone I want to be. Then it dawned on me…Psalms 139: 13 it says, “You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother’s womb”. Powerful words indeed, it tells us so much and how unique we are, individually. If he did all this while we were still in our mother’s womb, then definitely he has already decided who and what we should become in life. Then we ought to respect ourselves first before we can respect others.  We ought to continue to LOVE despite our differences, because without love I believe we are nothing.

Philosophy of science indeed is the philosophy of life. Without life, there is no science. Without science if I may say there is no Math.Thus, without Math, would we be here studying Mathematics Education?  Indeed most of us are still searching their purpose in life. As Bapak mentions, experiences reconstructs lives, but however, with the realisation of self can one reconstruct from experiences. Without realising, they carry on in life without the realisation that their experience is supposed to be the reconstruction of their lives. Thus, for me it is important to understand and practice this philosophy of science, because it is the foundation of the philosophy of Mathematics Education.