Methods Of Philosophizing Flashcards
is a question related to
the person
himself/herself.
Personal Questions
is asking
the person about
his/her “OPINION”
on something.
Philosophical
Questions
Truth understood this way is what
philosophers call
OBJECTIVE TRUTHS
Jürgen Habermas argues, in his
universal pragmatics, or the study of the structure of communicative language as we use it everyday, that apart from the
scientific truths, there are other domains
in life in which we understand truth
differently (Habermas: 1979)
DOMAINS OF TRUTH
Scientific truths are covered by the
________ _____ of life
OBJECTIVE DOMAIN
Truth is analogous with a general agreement or consensus on what is
right as opposed to what is wrong
SOCIAL DOMAIN
Truth is analogous with sincerity
PERSONAL DOMAIN
means the process of
proving the truth or validity of a statement
JUSTIFICATION
“Doubt
everything
that can be
doubted.”
Rene Descartes
Domains of truth
Scientific Domain
Social Domain
Personal Domain