SOCB42H3 Study Guide - Gnosiology, Doxa, Direct Democracy
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History is the study of concrete phenomena, ideographic explanations. Philosophy is concerned with logic and empirical phenomena nomothetic explanations. Philosophy is an attempt to think about the world in systematic manner in the above five manners. Physics describes what the world is like; meta describes why the world is the way it is. Idealist- such this immaterial ideas; ideas exist independently from the humans that think about them; Ideas exist first and independently from material objects. Materialist- the only thing that exists are material objects (wood, plastic, human bodies, air, water, food), our ideas, Our ideas do not have independent existence, they come from our brain (products of human brains) Goal of knowledge for positivists is to use knowledge as a tool (instrumental) Polis: is a city-state governed by direct democracy (every voter participates in decision making) Policy decisions are made in public debate. Participation in public life distinguishes a greek from a barabarian and an idiotes.
