PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Argumentation Theory
10 Apr 2014
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It is not: a recipe for happiness or fulfillment (philosophers aren"t good at dress up, it is not a transcending or mystical science, it is not just statements of opinion or personal ideology (philosophers always present. It is: reasons: unique in both in its methods, and nature and breadth of its subject matter (it is so damn wide and weird, a science that attempts to address foundational questions. And attempts to answer them questions in a reasoned manner (rational thought) Philosophy s foundational questions are formed from many other branches of human inquiry and of our understanding of the world and connections between people and their surroundings. It is the level of inquiry that determines how philosophical some subject is, it can encompass any subject matter: the more abstract an idea, the more philosophical an idea is. For an example: science philosophy: are methods justified, could they be improved, is there objective or scientific truth behind these experimentation.
