PP110 Lecture Notes - Sophia (Wisdom), Bertrand Russell
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Called epistemology which is the study of the theory of knowledge. Theories of reality: metaphysics this formed the basis of physics and psychology. Changes & identity seeing how the world is always changing but that there is something stable in the world. How much change does it take to change into another person and what forms personal identity. We experience the mind as if it"s different from the body. Philosophy encompasses ethics, aesthetics (conception of beauty and rating), social and political issues and many other areas. Historically philosophy has been characterized in certain ways. In the practice of philosophy no idea is immune to scrutiny. Good questions is just as valuable as good answers: it is not the psychology/ sociology of belief. Philosophers provides justification instead of explanations for beliefs. Explanation vs. justification many ways this defines what philosophy is about. I believe: there is a hippo in the wlu bookstore why: explanation: i took a hallucinating drug.
