PHIL 115 Lecture Notes - Perspectivism, Thought Experiment, Political Philosophy
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The average human being had very different commitments, often wrong or lacking philosophical basis, but people had purpose. If so, usually those ideas cannot be rationally defended. It is the role of the philosopher to anticipate what our new ideals might be: re-evaluate our values. All of our political ideas are based on ancient religious ideas that don"t stand up anymore. Philosophers should have the mind of a poet (imaginative way of interpreting things) A philosopher should be able to think about human existence and the meaning of one"s own and others existence: most urgent questions possible for a human to ask to be able to live an examined life. Does not write formal philosophical treatises, often gets off topic. A person is a living organism, bodies, with capacity of mind. No one can think except for the individual thinker: a work of art is a work of self-expression. All good philosophy is a skeptical philosophy.
