PHIL 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Solipsism, Big Bang, Cartesian Doubt
4 Apr 2016
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*** debate next week make notes (southpark) Humans are essentially bad in their natures confucianism. Confucius chapter has arguments for both sides (for and against the view). There are examples in the history, in the societies, in the world that can tell whether we are good or bad. *** exam question what were the names of the various types of governments (defined by plato). Plato identifies political justice as harmony in a structured political body. An ideal society consists of three main classes of people producers (craftsmen, farmers, artisans, etc. auxiliaries (warriors), and guardians (rulers). According to plato, a society is just when relations between these three classes are right. I cannot have your experiences, and you cannot have mine. descartes. Regarded as the father of modern philosophy. He introduces a whole different set of questions and problems. It"s not the answers that he generates that are important, but it"s the questions and problems that he raises.
