PHIL 230 Lecture 1: Philosophy 230 W1D1 Lecture
11 Jan 2017
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De nition of philosophy: two latin roots. Phil means love: similar to brother love, not sexual. Sophia means wisdom: love of wisdom, philosophy was invented" by plato. Understanding the world and places in it: apply it to produce human ourishing. Science v. philosophy: science involves physical experiments. Some thought experiments: thought experiments are thinking things through, philosophy includes thought experiments. No physical experiments: like a chemistry lab, philosophy is more like math than science (empirical) Tuesday, january 10, 2017: true and couldn"t be otherwise, things that can not change. Philosophy and math is looking for necessary trues: philosophers are interested in necessary trues about concepts. Can then apply it to human: produce human ourishing. Empirical studies are looking for contingently true: contingently true are always solid. Nd the cracks in their theories: scienti c method. What are we doing this course: reading three books. Ancient, medieval, modern: answering the main questions this course.
