PHIL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Elizabeth Lane, George Orwell
3 Oct 2016
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Foundational discipline - beginnings of knowledge about ethics, politics, what makes belief defendable and reasonable or clear. Philosophy has been the trunk of the branches of knowledge. Lecture 1: benefits of philosophy and systematic argument. Monroe and elizabeth lane beardsley: three benefits of philosophy: clarity: clear definition and analysis of terms and assumptions prevents confusion needless, misunderstanding and fruitless divisions; foundational; key terms in any analysis or essay should be defined. Careful and accurate accurate analysis and definition of terms under discussion can avoid misunderstandings and put focus where it should be. Definition 1: biology is a collection of facts about organic living things. Definition 2: biology is an organized body of knowledge about organic living things, including their structures, operations, behaviors and capabilities. Many people use language to evade many different topics. Many words or phrases have different meaning but people often use them to mean the same thing can lead to corruption.
