PHL243H1 Lecture : Intro Lecture
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The 6 characterizations of philosophy: philsophy holds nothing sacred. Philosophy is unlike religion because it holds nothing sacred and deals in arguements, not text: philosophy is like science because it proceeds by arguement and is always open to refutation approaches questions with skepticism. Philosophy is unlike science because it has no fixed or definitive methods for solving it"s problems (ie. experiments/test): philosophy is like literature because it explores human life and it"s place in nature. Philosophy is unlike literature because it proceeds by arguement whereas stories have a secondary role. Normative": what ought to be, as opposed to what is. Value theory": concerns what ought to be in a broad sense determines what is good, beautiful, and desirable. The 3 kinds of moral theory: deontology you must/mustn"t do this, consequentialism do what will bring the best results (generally in terms of happiness, teleology do what best fufills your nature.
