Newman

Question 1

what is newman main argument

Answer 1

sometimes sentimentalist is bad but newman says that if you look at it as a descriptive way it is free of evaluation

Question 2

What does sentimentality mean

Answer 2

pleasing idealization from exaggeration and misrepresentation of the tender emotion

Question 3

Why do opposers say sentimentality is bad?

Answer 3

1. Falsification of subject
2. Instrinsically bad for morals,aesthetic and epistemological
3. don’t remain true to morals of humanity

Question 4

Newmans argument against being false to the world (2 points )

Answer 4

Falsification happens not just in sentimentally

falsification is not that bad , sometimes kindness is more important than truth

Question 5

Why is falsification bad?

Answer 5

Generates false beliefs of reality = dumb people and action

makes people live in dream worlds

Question 6

How does newman oppose being false to oneself

Answer 6

not always motivated by insecurity, hypocrisy or fantasy
sometimes shows honor to a situation
can help someone deal with a memory

Question 7

What are the 2 arguments Newman opposes from Savile

Answer 7

1. sentimental is based on pleasing idealization false to world
2. false to themselves as they are fantasizing parts of their own life