PHIL 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Irony, Divine Command Theory, Inductive Reasoning
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First to formulate the fundamental questions of philosophy in a rational manner. Fashioned the many tools that are still used today. Does the universe have an end, why is there something rather than nothing, what unites everything around us. Started when there was no distinction between science in. 1. ii. 3: what sort of questions does it ask? philosophy 6th century bce. Philosophy is the love of wisdom which they lack. Episteme: knowledge (justified true belief a system of understanding a body of ideas) They can"t be answered simply -- there may not be a correct answer. Ask about general problems: existence, knowledge, truth, justice etc. Separated from pre-judgments and bias reflection on what is believed and why. Religion does not necessarily need justification as philosophy does. Studies the procedures in which we distinguish good and bad reasoning discover when we are confused. What is knowledge, how is different from opinion, 2. ii. 3. what kind of things can be known, etc.
