Chapter 1 Flashcards
Philosophy begins with…
Wonder
Wonder
Why (curiosity)
Awe (contemplation)
Prelude to knowledge
Autonomy
freedom to make your own decisions (independence)(self-government)
Must learn to think for yourself
Kant: 3 great problems
God
freedom
immortality
Allegory of the Cave
Mistaking shadows for reality
Difference between appearance and reality
light signifies truth which shatters beliefs
Education delivers you from ignorance
Epistemology
Study of knowledge
episteme logos
Theory of Knowledge
Gail Stenstad
Theoretical Thinking
Male View: either…or
One truth
Anarchic Thinking
Feminist thinking: both…and
recognizes different truth
Stenstad
no incorrect truth
no right or wrong
must learn tolerance
Tolerance
Withstand something you don’t like
Truth
involves distinctions
limits
involves opposition
when you choose A you exclude B
Metaphysics
Study of reality or existence
ta meta ta physika: beyond the physical
looks at characteristics of reality or existence
(cannot see or touch)
-attempt to present a comprehensive and coherent and consistent account or view of reality as a whole
Physical
uses 5 senses
Ethics
Understand morals (theoretical)
Morality
person/culture’s behavior
axios
worth
axiology
study of nature or values
First philosophers and scientists
- wanted to find out the single stuff that made up the universe
- wanted to get rid of mythical approach to reality through use of science
Thales
Universe is made of water
naturalist, scientist, philosopher
Herclitus
fundamental reality is change
“cannot step into the same river twice”
Parmenides
Change is an illusion
For change to exist it goes from nothing to something
(ex nihilo nihil fit: out of nothing comes nothing)
Morphe
essential character of something
what it is in itself
nature
essence
Schema
outward form or appearance and its changes
