A Beginner's Guide to The Philosophy Of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland PART #2.
Welcome back down the rabbit hole
Alice's biggest conundrum in Wonderland is a great example of what is called design theory. In the last post I talk about how Wonderland and reality were seemingly identical, and thus we assume it was created by some kind of intelligent design - thus requiring some kind of architect.
If this case were true, then relativism would help explain why Alice was upset at the apparent illogical Wonderland. She appears to be a fish out of water having to adapt to a different cultural setting and mindset. We have all undergone this process ourselves as we travel overseas to new cultures.
The ill tempered Alice
By the time Alice met the caterpillar, she was in a foul mood and was very ill tempered. All normalcy was gone. The rug was swept from underneath her. She believed everything and everyone was wrong. She wasn't in England any more (sorry Kansas!).
It makes us think that one mindset or way of life is not better than the other; it is just different. If Alice can understand this, then both parties can live in a world where there can't be a right or wrong. But Alice struggles against this. 'When we resist persists' as the Zen saying goes.
At the end of the day, every experience in life is subjective, and perception is but just one view of it. Perception like many others things can be twisted or manipulated.
Carroll's great tale manages to prove that there is no one way of interpreting the linear nature of our universe, and most pre-Socratic thinkers believed that reality was somehow hidden behind the tapestry of life.
As we now know, reality is way too smart to be confined to just one dimension. Modern neuroscience research on the nature of reality within the brain is at such an early stage that we can be sure that our rabbit hole is never-ending for now.
Muse safely my Steemian friends.
P.S. PART #1 of this series can be found here:
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@mindhunter/a-beginner-s-guide-to-the-philosophy-of-alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland
nice
I'm glad you enjoyed Wonderland :)
I wonder if I should do a PART #3??
Great outlook, a depth of Tesla's work tells us that there is more to reality than is perceived by the 5 senses. Thank you for sharing.
Even within the brain structure itself there are many layered levels of reality. It's fascinating stuff indeed!
I was reading about the eight memories we all have. But we don't learn all these important things in school. Our lives would be different!
I solidly believe more philosophy should be taught in schools - the King of all sciences :)
Another applicable saying here is "when in Rome, do as the Romans do". Assimilating into a new culture is always a lot easier if you can learn to just go with the flow. When I first came to Japan, I found it a bit stressful and was only truly able to relax when I finally let go of my American sensibilities and opened myself to new experiences.
The truly great classics are ones like this that we can still relate to and resonate with us even long after they were written!
Enjoy your Japanese Wonderland @cryptomancer - my first visit there to Sendai and Kyoto felt like a visit to the moon!
Nice piece of musing. Thanks for sharing. Interesting to see that the other graet "dreamers" like Tolkin and C.S. Lewis also came up with their ideas in Oxford, the place of graet science and rationalism.
Oxford is indeed one of the great places to muse for all the great minds of both past and present :)
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