PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Neurophilosophy, Clean Hands, Solipsism
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Philosophy = set of beliefs (personal philosophy) Thales, this once was a philosophical question, now it is a scientific question; does god exist?) Method: deduction terrible problem can t learn anything new. Difference between knowing and believing (i. e. i think my girlfriend has her period, i know she does) Philosophical questions: fundamental, general, conceptual analysis (getting clear) Fish can swim, submarines also have fins so why can t they swim these questions don t matter but you can use the same method to answer deeper questions) Why no philosophyical labs: thought experiments (another branch neuro-philosophy) Could do nothing, clean hands response its an accident if you do nothing (if you weren t in the car, that s what was going to happen) Or you can switch it to left and kill one. It s a false distinction, in this case an act of omission is actually doing something (i. e. act of euthanasia vs. do nothing in hospitals) *** important concept***
