PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hoplite, Critical Thinking, Ancient Greek

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Dean Lauer

Document Summary

Philosophy started in greece, around 800, people began exploring other cultures. Geography determined the development of golden age greece. Poor agriculture meant that greeks naturally took the seas for fishing. These questions put explanation systems(mythologies) under erasure. A sea change in thought arose thinking became argumentative. Critical thinking has come to mean thinking guided that we have in mind when we speak of critical. The unexamined life is not worth living - socrates. : from being in the dark -> being able to see clearly is not an easy process. Someone who has more knowledge than the mass= considered a lunatic/idiot. Philosophy = being able to argue your beliefs. Accused of underminding faith, during his trial he explains how he became involved. Socratic method = questions that conflict with the first stated opinion. Refuses to stop questioning, to drop philosophy and to. Drank the poison given to him and died instead of trying to flee.