PHIL102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Mercantilism, Relativism, Existentialism
25 Nov 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The pragmatic attitude is how do we get things done that are real and. What are the effects of your beliefs: epistemology in problem solving, supposedly pragmatism is not a metaphysic, supposedly just a natural tool. Truth is not out there, it is something that occurs as a process. Called this by people who are part of the continental tradition. They are concerned primarily by subjectivity and perspective, objectivity is not a big deal. Became a professor philosophy at the age of 22. Died at the occupation of paris by germany. Analysis always depends on looking at something from the outside; observation. It is i(cid:374)fi(cid:374)itel(cid:455) relati(cid:448)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause there(cid:859)s al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s a(cid:374)other perspective that you can look at something from. Analysis is an attempt to say an object is something. We are comparing an object to symbols to represent an object to ourselves.
