PHIL 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Islamic Golden Age, Al-Farabi, Avicenna
28 Sep 2016
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Philosophy philo + sophos (love + wisdom) the love of wisdom. History 400bc : socrates, plato, aristotle (biology, physics) 400 ad 1200 ad: european dark ages, islamic golden age (al-kindl 801 ad - 873 ad), (al farabi 872 ad. Ibn sina 980 ad 1037 ad), (averoes 1126 ad 1198 ad) 1500 ad 1700 ad: copernicus, galileo, descartes, newton (physics, astronomy) Philosophy now: subject areas unanswered questions or, more accurately, questions for which there are too many good answers. The common sense theory: experiencing reality through physical and scientific properties. Brain theory: your brain is being kept in a machine that is simulating your entire life. All the senses and experiences are being manipulated by the machine to convince you to believe the simulation is reality. Dialect theory (plato): to find a truth, ask question to group and have group come up with answer. Dialect leads to the truth and if not, clears out the lies.
