Jess chapman post 4

A Journey Through the Rabbit Hole NHS AP English Language and Composition 2013-2014 Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Prompt #4 Jess chapman Jess Chapman Mrs. Whilhelmus AP English 7/31/13 Experiments To Reality Prompt #4 Immanuel Kant was a professor of philosophy. He was the philosopher in this chapter of "Sophie's World". He focuses on the way humans look at things and see things in the world today. Kant is a philosopher who find his own answers by asking himself more philosophical questions about something. He is also a philosopher who studies the history of philosophy, but he does not really construct his own philosophy. It is not a bad thing that Kant is both these types of philosophers though. In this chapter, Sophie learns about the "red-tinted glasses" experiment. She puts the glasses on and everything is red instead of its normal color. The reason for this experiment was to show that there are manh different perspectives to see the world from. Everyone sees the world from a different perspective. Albert says, " the glasses limit the way you perceive reality". For example, a Christian would see the world different from someone that is not a Christian. A Christian would have hope knowing there is a better life ahead of them. One the other hand, someone who is not a Christian would see the world as nothing they do is really wrong and they're not going against God or anyone. The "red-tinted glasses" experiment makes you think about reality and what the world is really about, because just because everything "looks red" does not mean you can say everything is red. This is why Kant said that every mind sees the world in a different perspective. This experiment applies to issues in my own life by dictating how I see things, because I see things different than others, because of what has happened throughout my own life. For example, my life might be different from someone who did not grow up in a Christian envoirment like I did. Since I grew up in a Christian envoirment it made my religious life and relationship with God easier to manage. It was easier to learn about God and pray, because my parents, brothers, and other people in my life taught me how to do Christian things. Since they do these same things it is easier for me to do it too. One the other hand, it could be more difficult for someone who is not Christian do learn about God, because they might have not grew up in a Christian envoirment. I see hope in the future for another life in heaven. Therefore, I try to be the best Christian I can be, because I see God as a role model and my leader in my world. This is how My perspective of the world is. The "Kant" chapter in "Sophie's World", made me think of how different everyone's perspectives in life really are. If everyone had the same perspective of the world then the world would be boring, because nobody would see different things, they would all see the same thing. Devonte would not be that different then. Therefore, everyone having different thoughts about the world and everyone seeing everything in a different way makes the world unique, which is a good thing.