PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stephen Law
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Ability to make a point with clarity and precision\ Ability to analyze complex issues and arguments. A(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to think independentl(cid:455) and (cid:272)reati(cid:448)el(cid:455) (cid:894) to (cid:862)think out of the (cid:271)ook(cid:863)(cid:895) Ability to build a strong, rigorous case. Philosophy majors rank first among all majors on the verbal section of the gre, outperforming. Philosophy majors rank first among all majors on the analytical sections of gre rank first among humanities majors rank first of harvard. Showing: ontology, epistemology (phil. of science, ethics, aesthetics, phil. of law just about anything can be treated philosophy (mind, sex, sport, theatre) Saying: 1) childhood curiosity (questions that children would ask) What does it mean to be free? (a society that would let you do: 2) questions about questions. Not what do i know? but what is it to know? etc: 3) compared with religion like religion, aims to understand things in general and the place of humans in the universe reaction to the universe.