Questions for the First Philosophy Test a. Introduction 1. How would you characterize Modern philosophy? Commanding outlook, power, will, Man is God. 2. How would you characterize Classical philosophy? Contemplative outlook, truth, intelligence, God is truth. b. Descartes 3. What is the main question that Descartes is trying to answer? How can I be certain [sure] that I am in the truth? 4. Which are precepts of Descartes' method? Only accept what is self-evident. Analysis. Synthesis. Enumeration. 5. Descartes will only accept one specific kind of ideas: which and why? He will only accept clear and distinct ideas that are indubitable. Because the complex
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?
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
History of Philosophy James Thurlow, Ph.D. 01.02.2012 Books to read · Plato's Republic · G.W.F. Hegel's Philosophy of History 1. Greek philosophy 2. Republic 3. Philosophy of History Ancient Greece - Ancient Greece vs. Persia (300-Herodotus) Salamis - Ancient Greece vs. Troy (Homer-screen writer)Iliad o Achilles- Hero of the heroes (main hero in Greece)- handsome, strong, brave, fast, anger(tema viga), young, bad temper o Agamemnon- son of King Atreus - Olympics - Sculptures- more lifelike, human figures come out of the stone - Greek liked physical beauty
An analysis of the problem of Political Power Written by: Katre Kikkas Introduction It is said that in the political philosophy there are only two questions: ,,Who can have what?" and ,,Who will decide over it?". It is not exactly like that but it is quite close to the trough, to begin with. The first question includes material amenity's, and dividing rights and liberties.(Wolff, 1996) What is power? It is ability to influence others to do something they otherwise would not. Also, others can be affected with threats and force. (Kilp, 2010) Political power includes also right to force the others and to punish them if they disobey
1. What is the object of philosophical study? The object of philosophical study is being itself on an abstract level. Everything and nothing can be or exist. Things like colour, nature, material things like a table just are, but the meaning of being in be-ing in itself is unclear. Non Material things can also be or exist. If something is, then it is a being. But what exactly is this IS that we can see or on the opposite can not see? Therefore this is one of the fundamental questions of philosophy. 2. Can you reject solipsism? Solipsism (solus ipse) means nothing exists, therefore everything is an illusion outside of our own minds. I think that it is true that we know WE as in myself exists. But i can not for certain say that the person reading this exists although it might seems like it to me. I think that you really can’t reject solipsism on the whole because you do know that you exists, but can you for certain say that anybody else does
12 ondervragingstechnieken-de-heropleving-van-martelpraktijken-in-de-strijd-tegen-het- terrorisme/ Twinning, W. (1973). Bentham on Torture. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 24(3), pp. 308-320 Verplaetse, J. (2008). Het morele instinct: Over de natuurlijke oorsprong van onze moraal. Amsterdam: Nieuwezijds. Walzer, M. (1973) Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands. Philosophy and Public Affairs 2(2), pp. 160-180 Walzer, M. (2007). On Fighting Terrorism Justly. International Relations, 21(4), 480- 484. doi:10.1177/0047117807083073 13
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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