Philosophy 1300E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sophist, Relativism, Dialectic
15 Oct 2018
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So much truth that there is no objective truth/moral standards. Education is being well spoken, learning language skills, make good arguments, etc. No one knows what is objective because everything is subjective (eg. colour) Just because one culture believes that one thing is true, doesn"t mean that there isn"t an objective truth. Educated knew how to write and argue. Average person thought that all philosophers were sophists. Sophists" comes from the word sophistry (bad thing) There is a small t truth what society says is true. Philosophy: rational argument, logic, dialectic, etc, authenticity, based on self-knowledge. Logic applied to your real thoughts and feelings is a true argument (comes from within) Truth river flows within us philosophy has to tap into this. Philosophy is trying to wake you up". Accused of being a sophist: using unacceptable arguments to prove a weaker argument to be the stronger one. Sophists were hated in athenian thought that they twisted the truth.
