PHIL 1000H Study Guide - Final Guide: Socratic Questioning, Simone Weil, Socratic Method
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Philosophy lecture 1: epistemology and metaphysics emphasis for this class, epistemology the study of knowledge and how we know what we know. What is the difference between knowing and believing something: empiricism all of your knowledge comes back to your sense-perception, rationalism the fundamentals of knowledge is reason (geometry, pure mathematics, plato is a rationalist. Do our beliefs need to be 100% provable: metaphysics the study of ultimate reality, basic categories of existence. Fundamentals. (hard to explain before talking about it: mind body problem. First quiz is on it** read it in one sitting first time. Is a very dense text, so wait for lectures that will help clarify: plato: 428-348bc, socrates: 469-399bc, 399bc socrates was put on trial by athenians. Was convicted and put to death: the apology was written by plato about socrates (not a court transcript). Socrates refuses him: plato"s republic: every branch of philosophy is discussed. Wrote a book called open society and its enemies.
