PHIL 252- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 19 pages long!)
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Greek philo (love of) + sophia (wisdom) = love of wisdom. Socrates- the unexamined life is not worth living . William james- a painstakingly thorough attempt to get clear about things . Empirical (factual) questions (does this room have a clock?) Empirical (descriptive) statements (there is no clock in this room. ) Philosophical questions (does the universe have a beginning in time?) Normative (prescriptive) statements (you should keep better track of the time. ) Metaphysics - the study of different ways to understand the universe. Political philosophy - study of the nature of justice, evaluation of political systems. You are only entitled to the beliefs you can . If reason generates a conclusion, then you conclusion. Arthur, chapter 6 how to read philosophy . Moral standard : criterion against which we can measure the rightness or wrongness or goodness/badness of an action or character trait. Descriptive cultural relativism(dcr) - a descriptive theory about the variety of moral.
