PHIL 100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Socrates, René Descartes, Socratic Method
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Philosophy: philo (love) devotion, affection, kinship, an embodiment of eros (sexual love- signifies strong passion/ attraction with the body of wisdom) If science is empirical, then what about black holes: no one has seen a black hole, no one knows if they for sure exist, thomas s. kuhn- we have pictures of the big reality, but not all of. Reality itself (cid:449)he(cid:374) you t(cid:396)y to u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)d (cid:396)eality you get: paradigms- worldviews with all kinds of assumptions, discourses, theories. What is the difference between theological language and scientific language: how do you know your conception of g-d gets to the real g-d, g-d (diff. paradigms give diff. understandings) Theodicy- with an all good g-d and the existence of evil. If g-d is so good why was there a. Branches of philosophy: metaphysics- (cid:862)(cid:271)eyo(cid:374)d physi(cid:272)s(cid:863) a (cid:271)ra(cid:374)(cid:272)h of philosophy that atte(cid:373)pts to u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d the ultimate nature of reality both visible and invisible, ontology (ontos= being)- the study of being.
