PHLA10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Solipsism
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Four central philosophical problems: does god exist? (god) Do humans ever truly possess knowledge? (knowledge: what is the relationship between the body and the mind? (mind, are there really such things as ethical facts? (ethics) Characteristics about philosophical questions: they are general, unlike science , philosophy does not make assumptions, philosophical questions can be answered by means of reason, not just observations (as is the case with science) Solipsism = the idea that your mind is the only thing that exists: the idea that science and philosophy are different, is a fairly new one.
