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MDSA01H3 Lecture : Lecture notes

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10 Dec 2011
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UTSC
Department
Media Studies
Course
MDSA01H3
Professor
Ted Petit

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Metaphysics: study of being and existence (ontology) and the world (cosmology) Pragmatism: the branch of philosophy that asses truth in terms of effect, outcome, and practicality. William james (1842-1910) was among the first the stress the practical applications of philosophy to one"s life. John dewey (1859-1952) more popularly known as the great. Throughout his work dewey situated the process of knowing and learning within the field of human activity and experience. Expanded his view of pragmatic thought beyond the individual problems to apply it to society as a whole. Richard rorty (1931-2007) began in the 1960s a s scholar of analytical philosophy, a branch of thought related to pragmatism that roughly aligns philosophical work this the empiricism of hard science. He spent much of his career defending pragmatism as a distinct philosophy and defusing some of the perspective"s weaknesses.

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Is wisdom something mostly intrinsically valuable and so desired solely for its own sake? Or is wisdom also instrumentally valuable and so desired also for the sake of something else you desire/want? If so, what?

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