PHI 1000C Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Conceptual Framework, Monism, Syncretism
5 Jan 2017
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About our beliefs and attitudes about ourselves and the world. An attempt to coordinate different ideas into a single viewpoint, while defending what you believe against those who disagree. Clearly and convincingly argue your beliefs, while appreciating differences between viewpoints with the intention to resolve dif culties. This requires individuals to actually think about the complex meaning of buzzwords and terms in context of the problems they are intended to solve. Articulation: putting ideas in clear, concise, understandable language. Argument: supporting ideas with reason, principles, and observations. Analysis: understanding an idea by discussing and clarifying components. Synthesis: gather different ideas into single, uni ed function. Metaphysics: the theory of reality and the ultimate nature of things. Ethics: the study of good and bad, right and wrong; the search for a good life. Logic: the study of formal structures of sound thinking and can good argumentation. Religion: the study of the nature of religion and the nature of the divine.
