PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Philosophical Analysis, Axiology, Value Theory
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Conceptual analysis: what is a concept, a concept is a sort of category, what does it mean to analyze a concept, to clarify the meaning of a concept, clarify the logical relations between concepts, etc, ex. Is abortion bad?: bbc: rewriting the brain (video) Philosophical analysis offers a way to properly rewire your brain to the extent where your understanding of various concepts and their relations become clearer and coherent. Foundational issues: philosophers raise meta-questions about various things in a certain discipline (or practice), where such things are often taken for granted, ex. Not simply about linguistics, also about use and context of the. Naturalization word: contemporary philosophers are interested in giving naturalistic explanations for various philosophical issues, particularly issues in the philosophy of mind, ex. Unit 1. 2 arguments, philosophical writing, and elementary logic. A claim is an assertion, something that is said with the intention of saying something that is either true of false.
