Philosophy 1250F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Sophos, Eval, Retributive Justice
9 May 2020
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What is philosophy: philosophy in popular parlance (parlance is a particular way of speaking/using words) Attitude toward certain activities (customer is always right) Taking a detached view of immediate problems (you didn"t get the job, it isn"t the end of the world, be more philosophical about it) An eval of what is important in life (family/friends) Worldview (individ freedom > social welfare) -> often used in the political context. Being detached and unemotional, move away from emotion towards rationality. 1: beliefs (if true) match/mirror reality, we prize truth bc when our beliefs latch on the. Monday, january 7, 2019 world than they are useful to us: the way we test our beliefs is testing them against reality. What is philosophy: fundamentally a kind of method, involves a particular method: reflection & the communication of reasoned opinion. Uses rational argumentation (philosophy borrows this from science) Reasoning is the best method of discovering truth.
