Philosophy 1305F/G Lecture : Philosophy 1305F/G - Lecture 2.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 1305F/G
• Professor: Michael Fox

Document Summary

All truth is relative. : the statement itself is absolute. This makes something relative by way of absolutism. *it is socrates" ultimate goal to bring his students to a state of single ignorance. No: when you are in double ignorance, you have false opinion but do not know so, when you are in single ignorance you have no opinion; you know that you don"t know. It is a kind of knowledge: i am aware of my state. socrates was self- proclaimed self-ignorant. In the state of single ignorance, one is often (more) actively pursuing intelligence. Alan bloom (1987) the closing of the american mind: relativism is for the sake of universal tolerance. : we are all against war, slavery, racism, chauvinism, persecutions, etc. ; we all want peace: relativists maintain that the causes of all of these things stem from the fact that people think they are right. Because they think they are right, there is tension.