Biology 2290F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Natural Philosophy, Homo Economicus, Fallacy
29 Sep 2016
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Philosophy is a method of gathering knowledge that involves making arguments publically to ensure that our beliefs are justified. The method of gathering knowledge that philosophers use is the same overarching method that all academics apply to their respective areas of study. Philosophy is the very first discipline that gave rise to all other disciplines science used to be called natural philosophy. A phd means they are experts in reading, assessing, and producing knowledge in their fields according to the respective methodologies of those fields. Philosophy, translated from greek means love of wisdom". A wise" person is someone who has a great deal of knowledge. A lover of wisdom will spend their time trying to accumulate knowledge. To say that someone has knowledge of something is to say that they have a justified true belief about that something. Plato introduced the definition that knowledge is a belief that can be justified.
