PHIL 008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moe Williams
29 Oct 2020
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They are in a sense more basic, and more meta , than the questions asked in other disciplines. They are often of deep existential significance. Though this is more controversial, these don"t seem to be the sorts of questions that. Is life absurd? empirical science is equipped to answer. (some scientists don"t like this: e. g. hawking, degrasse tyson, etc. ) What"s distinctive about the method of the philosopher? at the stars, and say whatever. Many non-philosophers think that in philosophy anything goes. By contrast, true philosophy involves giving and evaluating arguments, where this term is. Philosophy is best learned and practiced dialogically/dialectically: ask questions and raise. Logic provides us with basic ground rules: not everything goes. to be understood in a technical sense. Other tools in the philosopher"s toolkit: thought experiments. Argument: a set of statements (premises) intended to provide rational support for another statement (the conclusion)
