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What is your professors defenition of reality? |
Whatever exists period |
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Who disagrees with your professor about money and about what other things? |
John Searle, and he disagrees about property, government, marriage |
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What is your professors unofficial title for this course? |
Introduction to (improving your) Philosophy |
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What things do 18-year olds tend to underestimate? |
How much we know How much of it we take on the say so of others How much of it is false |
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Which of 3 things we underestimate help explain your professors unofficial title for this course. |
All of them. He is using the ideas that we already have in our mind and is building off of them but in a unique way. Even though my professor is teaching me new information and i am learning, i am still taking it on from the say so of himself. Also, in this course i might be learning more about what is actually false because i do not know if he is actually speaking the truth because i am taking it on the say so of himself.
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What facts do some people use to argue that religion is dangerous? |
A fact is 9/11. Religion is thought to cause wars and violence. |
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What isthe definiton of faith in this class? |
Having inconclusive evidence on what we believe in. |
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What is Einsteins name for "common sense philosophy"? |
Everyday thinking |
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Every psychologist must discuss the 'brain', true? |
False. There is no such thing as the 'brain', instead there are many of them. Everyone has a different/separate brain. This is the same thing as 'philosophy' in the singular. Everybody has their own philosophy. |
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What is "Theory-laden observation"? |
A theory that states that what we see is not really there. |
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You can understand sentences with IV, 4 and iiii in them. Whats the most important thing to know about IV,4, and iiii? |
That they are symbols and arranged ink marks. |
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What is the 1st basic principle in this class? |
To never confuse language, thought and reality. |
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"Time magazine named Einstein 'Person of the century'. Apply Ockhamz razor to that. |
Einstein said that the most simplest of comprehensive theories are the most likely to be true. This relates to the Ockhamz razor which is simplifying. Helped replace myth of science with clearer vision of the truth. |
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Do scientists base themselves on what they personally observe? |
True |
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To become famous by making a new discovery, first you have to do what? |
Play catch up |
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What is truth? |
Thought that matches reality. |
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How can you tell which of your beliefs are true? |
Evidence of proof Intellectual intuition using senses |
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What does 'the diagram' help to understand? |
Difference between physical and non-physical things. |
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Is your concscience subjective or objective? |
In relationship to who? Subjective- Focuses on the individual. |
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What views did Socrates have to defend himself against? |
The view that he was not a scientist. |
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Name and define the parts of a logical argument |
Logical argument- Premises-reason/evidence to the conclusion.
conclusion-What you are trying to prove. |
