PHI 1370 Chapter 1-3: Topics 1-3
21 Apr 2016
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Greeks migrated to the coast due to poor agriculture, and had taken to ship building: explores the other cultures, and they exchange goods, compared and questioned reasoning behind the beliefs. Spectre that haunted greece: studies in contrasts, which society"s beliefs and traditions are right. Doing the right thing: acting appropriately, or practically for the situation. Entails doing what was conventional and normal: emphasis on group thought vs individuality. Ethics: social convention, justice understood as harmony and peace) Modern: independence and authority was given to the individual. Descartes: i think therefore i am: from one point of certainty, other things are celebrated and. Philosophy: question of why things are the way it is. Difference is in the method, evidence, reason and support. Renaissance: rebirth of art, representative government, etc: similar to how the greeks had a change in society due to a change in the economies. Practice of medical arts: application of technical knowledge to individual cases, as patient change continuously.
