PHIL 2297 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sophos, Rationality, Omnibenevolence
2 Oct 2016
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If we want o gain wisdom, we have to begin on a position of doubt, intellectual humilityof feeling a sense of wonder and puzzlement on the question before us. Think of it in terms of topics/subject matter. The way in which we approach/think about thee subjects. Philosophy: the activity of radically reflective theoretical thinking: by radical i mean that philosophers try not to take anything for granted. Try to identify the background assumptions and examine those too. Unlike a psysicist: it"s reflective: open minded, dispassionate search for the truth. Phil attempts to avoid all bias and form beliefs purely on the basis of. The point of doing phil isn"t to prove some prior belief. Rather, it is to discover the most rationally defensible position. Doing phil requires a constant willingness to change one"s mind in light of new evidence or reasons. Philosophy proceeds dialectically( by way of discussion, dialogue, debate) We analyze and evaluate arguments on all sides.
