PHIL 100 Lecture 1: 8.26docx
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True wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. There are always more questions to ask. We must be willing to admit our own ignorance. Intellectual humility, being humble about what you know, is what socrates recognized that he had but experts did not. Illusion something that seems real at first, but is fake. Philosophy is the love and pursuit of wisdom. Illusions: philosophy is the asking of questions about the meaning of our most basic concept, the search for fundamental beliefs that are rationally justified, philosophy is the search for self-understanding. Philosophy = the ongoing pursuit and development of genuine understanding of ourselves and our most basic concepts through critical questioning and rational analysis. Gadfly because he was bugging people asking these questions. Brought to court for impiety: tried to fight the charges and was found guilty.
