PHILOS 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Eastern Philosophy, Zazen, Indian Philosophy
25 Sep 2017
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Tuesday, august 22nd : asian philosophy notes: argument: set of propositions, one of which is the conclusion, the rest of which one promises. Thursday, august 24th: philosophy: used to make sense of the concepts involved in explaining the world around us, and our place in it. -metaphysics: study of what there is and what it is like (study of being) -value theory: ethics (the study of good/bad and right/wrong), & aesthetics (study of taste, beauty, art, etc. ) -logic: nuts and bolts of reasoning: western philosophy vs asian philosophy- You could study metaphysics independently, without getting into ethics. **will be on the exam*: vices, descriptive chauvinism: recreating another culture in the image of yours. (missing. If self-contradictory, then you might think this is a reason to dismiss it: practical: ultimate test of truth. **not on exam*: vedic thought, oldest text in indian tradition.
