1. What does the word “philosophy” mean? The study of proper behaviour and the search for wisdom, in greek means love for wisdom 2. Is philosophy a science? Why? What kind of science it is? Yes it is. It tries to understand the meaning of reality. It’s the science of truth. Science, as it exists today, happens within the framework of philosophy. Philosophy, however, is bigger than science. It is also a form of art and discipline…... 3. Name three characteristics of Classical philosophy? deeply rooted in religious traditions ; believes that inferior was created by superior ; more positive ; seeks the real truth ; about intelligence ; reaalsuse üle mõtisklus ; believes that god is truth 4. Name three characteristics of Modern philosophy. believes that superior was created by inferior (!) ; more negative ; about will ; power ; domain of reality ; believes that knowledge is truth ; man is god 5. What was the problem that the first philosophers tried to solve?
Tim Chiu April 4th , 2009 Topics y Lao Zi The Person y Tao Te Ching The Book and the Name y Ch. 1 & 14 Describing the indescribable Tao y Ch. 2 & 11 On duality and Formlessness y Ch. 8 & 78 The Virtues of Water Lao Zi The Person y Real name was Lee Er, who was a highly regarded philosopher of his time y Keen observer of the virtues of Nature and the relationship between man and his environment y Realized the existence of a formless and indescribable origin: Tao y Can not thoroughly analyzed by our thoughts and logic y Its existence gave rise to everything and pervades all that we know y The manifestation of Tao in humans is called our True Nature y Purity and innocence of a child y Spring and Autumn, Warring States Era of the Chou dynasty (~500BC), during a time of turmoil and spiritual disintegration y Decided to ride on the back of a water bu
2. Idols of the Cave: - private obsessions or preoccupations caused by education, conversation, reading throw people off the track in the search for truth 3. Idols of Market-place: - illusions due to the use of language - people tend to rely on false but plausible technical terms, which often mask the truth 4. Idols of the Theatre: - false systems of traditional philosophy, which people believe to be true - all systems are stage-plays representing worlds of their own creation - The human nature is so that if it has once adopted an opinion, it sticks to it and draws all other things to support and agree with it. - If there is something else that seems to be more true, people just ignore or reject it to be true so that the former opinion can hold true. - Example: A man was shown a picture hanging in a temple of all the people who had
A is a sufficient, but not necessary condition for 4 The presence of A requires the presence of 4 A→4 The absence of A says nothing on the presence or absence of 4. 4 is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for A. The presence of 4 says nothing on the presence or absence of A The absence of 4 requires the absence of A ¬4 → ¬A Philosophy of Science II What is Philosophy? What is Science? What is Philosophy of Science? - Difficulty of providing a definition - To define philosophy, we need to philosophise. Philosophy is inevitable! What is ‘What is’? Importance of Definitions Definitions are important to avoid verbal disputes ( =/ factual disputes) Example: ‘There is no one outside’ The universe of discourse All newspaper readers are well-educated → The universe of discourse = “persons”
practice either of them. 222. I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. 223. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. 224. Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. 225. He was an incorrigible borrower of money; he borrowed from all his friends; if he ever repaid a loan the incident failed to pass into history. 226. By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. 227. When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. 228. The reports of my death are greatly exagerated. 229. A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. 230
TARTUFFE A COMEDY CHARACTERS MADAME PERNELLE, mother of Orgon ORGON, husband of Elmire ELMIRE, wife of Orgon DAMIS, son of Orgon MARIANE, daughter of Orgon, in love with Valere CLEANTE, brother-in-law of Orgon TARTUFFE, a hypocrite DORINE, Mariane's maid M. LOYAL, a bailiff A Police Officer FLIPOTTE, Madame Pernelle's servant The Scene is at Paris ACT I SCENE I MADAME PERNELLE and FLIPOTTE, her servant; ELMIRE, MARIANE, CLEANTE, DAMIS, DORINE MADAME PERNELLE Come, come, Flipotte, and let me get away. ELMIRE You hurry so, I hardly can attend you. MADAME PERNELLE Then don't, my daughter-in law. Stay where you are. I can dispense with your polite attentions. ELMIRE We're only paying what is due you, mother. Why must you go away in such a hurry? MADAME PERNELLE Because I can't endure your carryings-on, And no one takes the slightest pains to please me. I leave your house, I tell you, quite disgusted; You do the opposi
...........................................154 Chapter Nine Your Inner Purpose - 155 Awakening..................................................................................................156 A Dialogue on Inner Purpose.....................................................................158 Chapter Ten A New Earth - 167 A Brief History of Your Life......................................................................169 Awakening and the Return Movement.......................................................170 Awakening and the Outgoing Movement...................................................172 Consciousness............................................................................................174 Awakened Doing........................................................................................175
proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causalhistorical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic mean- ing and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Part IV, new to this edition, examines the four theories of metaphor. Features of Philosophy of Language include: · new chapters on Frege and puzzles, inferentialism, illocutionary theories of meaning, and relevance theory · chapter overviews and summaries · clear supportive examples · study questions · annotated further reading · glossary Praise for the First Edition: "This exceptional text fulfils two essential criteria of a good introduc- tory textbook in the philosophy of language: it covers a broad range of
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