[PHIL 1F91] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (52 pages long)

• School: Brock University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1F91
• Professor: Brian Lightbody

Document Summary

One way to understand what something is, is to ask: what is its nature. (eg, what is a hammer, the essence of it, is to drive in nails. If the hammer breaks, we no longer have a working hammer, it lost its essential (cid:395)ualities. If so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e pai(cid:374)ts it, it does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ake it essential, it still is the ability to drive in nails) Sometimes philosophers will ask what something is by asking what is x qua x. Justice = fairness, essential characteristic of justice is fairness. Imagination is an accident property of the mind; you can still think e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t imagine. O(cid:272)(cid:396)ates is fa(cid:373)ous fo(cid:396) (cid:862)the o(cid:374)l(cid:455) thi(cid:374)g i k(cid:374)o(cid:449), is that i k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g(cid:863) A(cid:374)othe(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:455) to a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) this (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) is to ask, (cid:862)ho(cid:449) is so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g used? (cid:863) Some might claim that the nature of truth is adequatio. A statement is true provided that it accurately reflects a state of affairs.