PP213 Lecture Notes - Flip Cup, Beer Pong
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Philosophical discussions tend to break down into one of two kinds - normative (how things ought to or should be, e. g. should we allow euthanasia), or descriptive explanatory (arguing how the world actually is, e. g. what is knowledge). These two discussions are not always obviously separated, or are sometimes combined (things are like this, so we should do this). Proposition - statement about the world that is either true or false. A theory is a complex set of propositions about a particular phenomena which is designed to help us understand that object of inquiry. However, philosophers use theories differently, they are not for manipulating a factor for a desired result, it is to understand the connections between things. There are two ways a theory can be inaccurate, it can be under-inclusive (e. g. a theory that explains beer pong but forgets to mention cups) Doesn"t t with what we know about morality.
