tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910663655578377282.post2429962733631965289..comments2023-10-09T05:53:31.370-05:00Comments on Truth and/or Happiness: From Play-Doh to PlatoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910663655578377282.post-25770481638459735162013-03-05T04:35:06.633-06:002013-03-05T04:35:06.633-06:00I was thinking of Play-Doh and Plato this morning....I was thinking of Play-Doh and Plato this morning. And I was also thinking of how kids create stuff. I've seen it happen quite often that they first make stuff and only then signify it. They don't know what they're making up until the moment they decide it's done and only then they tell what it is, by looking at it and naming what they recognize in it. So, from that point, I was then wondering if the tools Play-Doh provides along with their clay (ice cream machines, barbers, dentist, etc...) impose ideas upon kids before creating. And why?<br /><br />This adds a nice twist to Plato's ideas as well. The "Bedhood" only comes into existence once a thing is recognized and ascribed the functionality as bed for the first time. It is impossible to think of the ideal bed before the first bed ever existed. Or is it?<br /><br />What is the "ideahood" of an idea?Jürgen De Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291967208446258973noreply@blogger.com