CHEM-571 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Techne, Sophist
2 Oct 2017
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Philosophy means thinking as hard and as clearly as oine can about some of the most interesting and enduring problems that human minds have ever encountered. You must construct arguments, theories, positions, or criticism in an attempt to persuade opponents. Some skills to master to do well in philosophy: Argument an argument is a series of statements supposedly followed or supported by first statements. Validity a(cid:374) a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is (cid:448)alid if its (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374) follo(cid:449)s it"s p(cid:396)e(cid:373)ises. A priori something you already know and do not need to experience. A posteriori require experience of the world to come to know. Necessary a proposition that is true and could not have been false. Contingent a proposition that is true but might have been false. *knowledge and everything that is associated with knowledge. *techne vs knowledge applying knowledge vs having knowledge or being knowledgeable.
