CAUDILLA, Mark Jayson J. LS7 PHILOMA Nov.

29, 2013

Reflection: Chapter 11

1. Luijpen’s statement on consciousness

“Consciousness is intercourse with reality, it is a self-giving of the perceived, not through

imagination nor dreaming.”

This statement by Luijpen clearly addresses the fact that our consciousness reflects the things
that we perceived in reality. It is the factual notion that truly proves that human beings, as
rational beings can do many changes in this world and we were able to see and know what’s in
these changes. As reflecting reality, consciousness, uses the amalgam of the mind and senses. It
totally brings us to the real world that we are engaging in. It awakens us for the truth which is far
from the concept of imagination and dreaming that creates ideas in the utopian world. As such,
it connotes that our ability to perceive gives us deep understanding wherein in every situation
and places that go through, we can build up interpretations, reactions, or even suggestions.

2. Johann’s truth is both objective and subjective

“Truth is the object of the knowledge. Objective is the truth of the object and subjective is the
truth of the subject. Truth comes from reality and the person.”

Johann’s concept of truth really capture the real thought of the idea. Truth as an object of
the knowledge, it undoubtedly fetches us to examine our knowledge. Since our knowledge is the
product of our mind and what are mind perceives, it is very important to know the essence of the
object and the subject. Objective as the truth of the object means that our reality isn’t a witticism.
It manifested the different reasons of justifying the truth in which whatever material thing in this
world, or whatever living and non-living things live in here, we cannot do nothing for this the
real world. Whatever our eyes can see, whatever we smell, whatever we touch, we taste and we
hear, is the fusion every factor that defines a real and live world. Next, subjective, being the truth
of the subject, which refers to us, individuals, the truth that it implicitly expresses was that
whatever or how we understand the world, the object or the reality based on our own gasp and
interpretation, it is what we believe is true. Aside from that, as an intellectual being, we also set
various testing for the objects of reality in order for us to have a definitive and definite truth that
is accepted by individuals.

3. Sister Mary Aloysius precisions on human knowing

“Human knowing is a use of point of view.”

This second precision of human knowing, states that we, people in order to gain knowledge
and learning, we set our own perspective in all the things that we perceived for the reason that
we wanted to interpret something in our way in order for us to establish our own ideas and in this
point, learning occurs.
Reflection 12

1. Examples of Dubarle’s kinds of dialogue.

According to Dubarle, there are two kind of dialogue: the dialogue with the natural aim of
unanimity and the dialogue of convictions and their confrontations. The former aims at an
intellectual agreement on the basis of evidence open to all and makes it possible to establish true
knowledge which can be seen in rejections of States in violence and discrimination and the belief
that intellectual honesty is good. This is manifested in classroom meetings, student council,
homeowners; meeting, Cabinet meetings or in international arena, in United Nations General
Assembly and Security Council which all aims to protect the welfare of everyone. The latter
involves philosophical, religious and political convictions. This not aim unanimity but on
pursuing to hear each and every thought or point of view in order to get the attention and
influence the majority. This is commonly seen in the debates in different issues of the society
which largely involves politics and economics; poverty; laws; science and religion, and any other
contending issues of the world.

2. Buber’s expose on dialogue

According to Buber, there are three kinds of dialogue, genuine dialogue where the
participants has in mind the other and turns him to establish a mutual living relationship
between them; second, Technical in which prompted by the need of objective understanding;
third, A monologue, which is disguised as a dialogue wherein two men speak each to himself
such as in debate.

Buber’s expose on dialogue explicitly informs the people that whatever speech we can
make start from uttering, as long as you are aiming to communicate to the people or
audiences. The best part of it is the inclusion of monologue, that although not literally means
follow the denotative meaning of a dialogue, he provides us explanations in which a
monologue becomes dialogue.

3. Elaborate Dr. Reyes’ “Such mutual understanding must be manifestly willed.”

In this thought of Dr. Reyes, there are two words that we need to define and understand in order
for us to interpret the real essence of the quotation. These words are: mutual
understanding and will. Mutual understanding is the notion in which two or more people
have the same feeling or understanding on something while the will corresponds to the
acceptance and enthusiasm of such understanding. Thus, the statement speaks that in
whatever agreement conducted between individuals, it should be undoubtedly seen in the
actions and words of the person. It should be practiced by heart and by mind in order to
maintain the notion of unanimity and avoiding the start of fragileness that breaks the
same sphere of contentedness and peace.