PHL243H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Egg Cell, Paraphilia, Meiosis
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What is special about philosophical questions, as opposed to scientific or historical questions? (why do we need nicknames dude) Philosophical questions don"t have a specific answer the way scientific and historical ones do. For historical questions it"s like when did x happen and where? and science questions are like. How does this thing in nature/universe work? and there is a very clear answer. For philosophy, there is no one correct answer. (flower boy) The aim in philosophy is not to master a body of facts, so much as think clearly and sharply through any set of facts. Towards that end, philosophy students are trained to read critically, analyze and assess arguments, discern hidden assumptions, construct logically tight arguments, and express themselves clearly and precisely in both speech and writing. Philosophy has no fixed, definitive methods for solving its problems. As soon as it solves problems, it becomes science.
