Wednesday, February 8, 2012

week 3

-an educater of the sloits
-practice art not as a trade but to change it
-wat's educationally right must be practical
-educational right, increas physical and mental powers
      bring pleasure in bodily labour
      beneficial to health and body, and expand the mind
carpentry, different in sizes
     carpenter, rectanglur and cylindercal/ never use ace or draw knife(maybe it was to foreful)/ chisel vs. knife
-work stay at school with teachers til it's ready to be exhibited

2. craftman finds home in philosophy
-pragmatism grew in late 19th cent becuz of ill ideal of euroope
--pierce 1st pag/ seek to find cognition in everyday small acts
-psg spread in two waves
   -ist, ww2/ directed to animal labour john dewey/ wanted to improve quality at work/ work and play are equally free in his book/ it becomes constrained labor when the consequences are outside of the activity, good craftsmanship implies socialism
-pragmatism argues that to work well people need freedom from means end.
2 experiences, he believe should be one in order to feel free
-craftwork depends on emotion or else not valued
-crafts of experiences impliesfocus on form and procedure
-craft experience cannot be worship
-history made craftmans images as slaves etc.
-repetition bring out skills
-pride in work removes sin
-slowness of work satisfying

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