It is an interesting thought experiment that might give us some insight into why we don’t “get” the way we learn. Instead of just seeing the world as a series of steps, we are taught that there are three levels of self-awareness.
The first level, the so-called “default state” is where you just take in information and make sense of it. That might be a bit like reading a book. If you haven’t done it in years, you might not know how to read. You might feel stupid and out of shape because you’re lacking the necessary skills. The second level is when you’re able to analyze the information and learn something new.
The story is a bit different. You can’t even remember if you’ve done it before. If you’re on autopilot and you’re trying to put a few things together, you’re not there. You are just like the other people who are trying to kill you.
Durkheim was one of the best thinkers of the 20th Century and was a pioneer of applied evolutionary thought. As a young schoolmaster in the 1930s, he wrote a paper that became known as the “Durkheim essay”, which was basically a list of his ideas about how our education should be. He was a bit of a social outcast because he wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone. He was also a bit of a loner.
But his ideas about education proved to be very useful. He wrote a lot of books, including many on education. Because he had so many ideas, he ended up being an incredibly prolific writer. Durkheim actually wrote around 100 books, and many of these books have become classics on education and psychology.
Durkheim was a scholar. He read everything he could get his hands on. After studying everything from ancient Greek poetry to medieval philosophy, he was the first to write that we should have an education. He also believed that education was a key to happiness and that people should be given the opportunity to learn. He was also a big proponent of the French Revolution.
Durkheim wasn’t a radical, but he was definitely a hard-core lefty. His books on education are filled with examples of how much he loved the French Revolution and the French School of Philosophy (which basically means that he thought that everyone should have a good education because education was a key to happiness).
And as if that weren’t enough, Durkheim was also a huge fan of the idea of the university. When he wasn’t writing, he was a student of philosophy. So, no, Durkheim isn’t a radical thinker. He’s just a true believer in a college education.
You might think that I would be upset that Durkheim was a supporter of the French School of Philosophy, but the truth is, Durkheim just seems to get what he wants to happen. He just wants to have his cake and eat it too. All he wants is for people to just have a good education and feel good about themselves. So he believes that a good education will make everyone happy.
Durkheim is the perfect example of what could happen from a place of unconscious knowledge. If you’re going to teach people that there is a kind of truth-telling principle to be obtained from the world, you have to accept that truth is a lie. Your intention to do it is a lie. If you’re going to teach them that there is a great philosophical truth behind what you do, you have to accept that there is a great philosophical truth.