PHILOS 2120 Study Guide - Fall 2019, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Hinduism, Brahman, Nirvana
14 Feb 2019
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Monotheism: one god polytheism: many gods pantheism: all is god: judaism, christianity. Islam: hinduism, greek, roman, egyptians, most native. Atheism: there is/are no god(s) or if there are, they aren"t the point: buddhism, jainism, confucianism. Nussbaum on cross-cultural philosophy: there are range of errors to avoid when doing philosophy cross-culturally. Descriptive: to make claims about how the world is: seeking facts, summarizing the way things are, observation driven, any particular description is shaped by the describer. Normative: to make claims about how the world should be. What are the good/allowed/permissible methods of getting there: driven by values and core beliefs. 2 descriptive: descriptive chauvinism: recreating the other in the image of oneself, downplaying/ignoring/missing the differences, descriptive romanticism: expression of romantic longing for exotic experiences that our own familiar lives seems to deny us. 3 normative: normative chauvinism: insomuch as another culture is different, it is wrong/bad. Our culture is best and everything else is inferior.
