01:730:103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cardinal Virtues, Socratic Method, Western Philosophy
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Dictionary definition: an investigation into the nature, causes, or principles of knowledge, reality, and values based on logical reasoning, rather than emperical methods. A type of knowledge; deeper knowledge, metaphor of death. Understanding things on a deeper level (life) don(cid:3244)t stay on the surface. Philosophy is not measurable or quantifiable, its based solely off of theory, and logical reasoning rather than a scientific method. Science exists inside of a box, (cid:3243)reality as it appears(cid:3244) to our senses. Philosophy goes beyond science, and thinks outside the box, beyond the quantifiable/empirical. Focuses on areas relating to knowledge, reality, and values. Investigation of justified belief vs. opinion(cid:3244: how is knowledge distinct from belief, knowledge involves belief, knowledge: true belief (cid:3247)there is sprite in the vending machine(cid:3248, go to the vending machine, no sprite. False belief; you wouldn(cid:3244)t say you had false knowledge. A post eriori: knowledge dependent upon experience.
