Final reflection

I think this course gives me a lot of chances to practice my writting skills and
read some articles.Meantime,I don't think it could give a good knowledge to my programme or philosophy.But it inspires me and gives me more possible ways to construct the research.

To be honest,I've never kept an eye on the philosophy.In the beginning,for me and most of my chinese mates it is hard to understand and follow the ideas of the
 articles  and professors. I don't know what the articles talk about even if I
finished the reading works.In the lecture,I could understand the main ides of theprofessors.But it is still hard to understand in the systemetic way. I just
grasped some pieces in the entire view.In total,this course is a little boring in
my opinion.I don't think it really gives me something new.However,it should be necessary if I want to construct the academic research.

In the first lecture,we talked about perceiving the world. And we argued if the
"world" is objective or not. we assumed a infant in a specific living environment
who never accepted the edification with intelligence of humans.Then we discussed what kind of creature he would be. The preliminary conclusion is that he might be have the cognition with his own way to live as unique form with others. Because weall have our own “world” ,maybe it is incomprehensible to consider the world from the outside of us.Kent argues that “perception without conception is blind”.

Professor said”our world is always our world”.The world might just exist in our

mind because of our limited cognition or access to perceive the world.
In the second theme,We argued with the nature of mass medias and popular cultures.
I thought many of them were just the product with short duration to cater to the
public.In the notion of "aura",It should be the "soul" of the art that cannot
never reproduced and just works to facilitate the "conversation" between the
objects and the individuals.
Then,we talked the Research and theory.In the research of humanities,people would
concentrate on the surroundings of the objects instead of answering or revealing
the truth with clear attitudes.For the science study,things would be more specific
and practical.Theory could assist us to probe the new theory in deeper
way,meantime,it is the crucial factor to prove or uncover the results we get.In
total, theory is the prerequisite to systematize the academic study.All the things
should start with perceiving the world.
In theme 4,our discussion inspires me with two related questions.The one is about the benefits and the limitations for qualitative methods and quantitative methods respectively.Another we talked in the end of the seminar is how we could make a proper choice and plan to utilize these methods in different cases.I think there is a contrast in the nature of the prototype design between the humanity and natural science research.Next week,we emphasize on the design research.I cared more about the two types of minds in my post.The one is consist of several mental images of some objects.or another type of idea,it will be abstract concepts that do not present as mental images. 

Finally,We talked about the qualitative methods and case studies. I think the minds of the seminar are similar with the previous lectures sometimes.Because all the themes we talked are linked together.