Philosophy Project

Presentation

EDU 5053, Neal Cross

Two Lesson PlansNew employee training, in the

manners of Pragmatism and

Theistic Realism.link

Three Art Forms, for Pragmatism, Theistic

Realism, and PostmodernismArt Form – Rock and Roll songs, with attention paid to the lyrics.

Song One - Pragmatism

• Living Colour

– Album: Stain

– Track 2

• Ignorance is Bliss

• http://www.livingcolour.com

• http://www.livingcolournet.com

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism

• Verse One:

Living with myself is hard enough

So I get away when things get rough

Famine, strife, and thoughts of war

Matter less than the dress she wore

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism

• Chorus:

(you see) Ignorance is bliss

Problem solved with just one kiss

Ignorance is bliss

Problem solved with just one kiss

• Instrumental interlude

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism

• Verse Two:

I'm just trying to survive

Pay my bills and stay alive

All the world's problems ain't my

fault

I take it all with a grain of salt

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism

• Chorus (2nd time):

(you see) Ignorance is bliss

Problem solved with just one kiss

Ignorance is bliss

Problem solved with just one kiss

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism• Interlude:

Ignorance…

Ignorance is no excuse

Your problem's solved,

but what's the use

Ignorance is no excuse

The problem's solved,

then what's the use

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism

• Verse Three:

I try to tell them everyday

But nobody listens to a word I say

Look out my window, what do you see?

Sometimes it's worse than that stupid TV

(I swear…)

• instrumental interlude

Living Colour - Ignorance is Bliss -

Pragmatism

• Guitar Solo

• Repeating ending:

Ignorance is bliss, Ignorance

Ignorance is bliss, Ignorance

Ignorance is bliss, Ignorance

Well, ignorance is bliss, Ignorance

(oh-oh)

Pragmatism• Why is Ignorance is Bliss by Living Colour

an art form that typifies Pragmatism?

– Shows one way of dealing with the problems

of Life; find Bliss via Ignorance.

• If problems are not my fault, they do not require my

dealing with them

– Interlude and Verse Three

• A shift of opinion, that Ignorance is not an answer?

– Repeating Ending

• The problematic solution choice of Ignorance to

remain in a state of Bliss is Ignorance itself.

– A real solution for the problem is still needed

Song Two – Theistic Realism

• Alter Bridge

– Album: One Day

Remains

– Track 2

• One Day Remains

• http://www.alterbridge.com

• In Concert

– Springfield, 1/25/04 @

Rockwell

Alter Bridge – One Day Remains –

Theistic Realism

• Verse One:

As your will is bent and broken

And every vision has been cast into the

wind

As your courage crashes down before

your eyes

Don’t lay down and die

Alter Bridge – One Day Remains –

Theistic Realism

• Chorus:

Cause I see in you

More than you’ll ever know

And I ask you why

You question the strength inside

And you need to know

How it feels to be alive

Alter Bridge – One Day Remains –

Theistic Realism

• Verse Two:

When every wound has been reopened

And in this world of give and take you

must have faith

And the distance to your dreams stretch

beyond reach

Don’t lay down and die

Alter Bridge – One Day Remains –

Theistic Realism

• Chorus (2nd time):

Cause I see in you

More than you’ll ever know

And I ask you why

You question the strength inside

And you need to know

How it feels to be alive

Alter Bridge – One Day Remains –

Theistic Realism

• Interlude:

How it feels

How it feels to be alive

How it feels

How it feels to be alive

How it feels

How it feels to be alive

Alter Bridge – One Day Remains –

Theistic Realism

• Chorus (3rd time):

Cause I see in you

More than you’ll ever know

And I ask you why

You question the strength inside

And you need to know

How it feels to be alive (x2)

Theistic Realism

• Why is One Day Remains by Alter Bridge

an art form that typifies Theistic Realism?

– Verse Two:

• “in this world of give and take you must have faith”

– Epistemology: Knowing is observing via

senses & arriving at concepts

• “you need to know how it feels to be alive”

– Axiology: personal excellence, common

humanity

• Chorus lyrics

Song Three - Postmodernism

•Living Colour

–Album: Time’s Up

–Track 8

•Type

•http://www.livingcolour.com

•http://www.livingcolournet.com

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Verse One:

Stereotype, Monotype

Blood type, Are you my type?

Minimalism, Abstract expressionism

Postmodernism

Is’nt it?

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Chorus:

We are the children of concrete and steel

This is the place where the truth is

concealed

This is the time when the lie is revealed

Everything is possible, but nothing is real

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Verse Two:

Corporate religion, Televanga-hypnotism

Suffer till you die

For the sweet bye-and-bye

Science and technology, the new

mythology

Look deep inside, Empty

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Chorus (2nd time):

We are the children of concrete and steel

This is the place where the truth is

concealed

This is the time when the lie is revealed

Everything is possible, but nothing is real

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Interlude:

Everything that goes around

Comes around• Guitar Solo

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Verse Three:

Hypothetical, Theoretical

Circumstantial evidence

Irrelevance

Don't think twice, Just roll the dice

Pay the price, Snake eyes

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Chorus (3rd time):

We are the children of concrete and steel

This is the place where the truth is

concealed

This is the time when the lie is revealed

Everything is possible, but nothing is real

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Chorus (4th time, modified):

We are the children of concrete and steel

This is the place where your fate has

been sealed

This is the time when your life is revealed

Everything is possible, but [nothing is](x5)

Nothing is Real… Nothing is Real

Living Colour – Type -

Postmodernism

• Interlude:

Everything that goes around

Comes around... (x2, round

style X12)• Nearly 1.5 minutes spent on the fading,

round style ending

– May stop early to save time

Postmodernism

• Why is Type by Living Colour an art form that typifies Postmodernism?

– “Postmodernism” mentioned in Verse One

– Verse One “types”, Chorus “children of concrete and steel”

• Boxes, labels created by those in power

• Displays bigotry (“are you my type?”)

– No basis for reality, no compass for truth• Chorus “everything is possible but nothing is real”

• No Truths (verse three’s words)

• No metaphysics – “nothing is real”

Neal Cross’ Original Quote

Regarding

Theistic Realism…

Theistic Realism Quote

• God, who preexists our reality of Time and Space, spoke our reality into being with His Word. He made us in His image, placing us in a world where we have free choice. Life in this reality is about our relationship choices with God, our fellow images, and the rest of Creation, with God giving us the time and space to make choices and experience consequences. Given our two basic life challenges, Learning and Doing, the Godly Life is the one that both learns and does.– Neal Cross