PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Logical Reasoning

• School: York University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1000
• Professor: Stefan Rodde

Document Summary

Distinguish philosophical problems from other types of problems. There are some questions that cannot be answered without referring to the particulars of the situation. But there are some questions that are divorced from particular factors. Abstract problems depend on few or no particulars. Philosophical questions or problems tend to be abstract. Problem of abstractness: failure to pay attention to the context in which a problem arises. Philosophical problems tend to concern ultimate causes or reasons. Problem with ultimacy: tendency to oversimplify the reasons why things happen or are the way that they are. Philosophy is supposed to deal with the big questions. What kinds of philosophical problems are there: metaphysical: existence o o o. Ethical: right thing to do or the right way to be.