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    The document provides an overview of what philosophy entails. It discusses that philosophy relates minds to beliefs and uses methods like conceptual analysis, questioning authorities through justified arguments, and applying discoveries from other fields to illuminate philosophical issues. The goal of philosophy is to address a wide variety of problems through seeking understanding using philosophical methods. It examines topics like reality, knowledge, values, and their relationships through questioning beliefs and creating a coherent world view.

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    The document provides an overview of what philosophy entails. It discusses that philosophy relates minds to beliefs and uses methods like conceptual analysis, questioning authorities through justified arguments, and applying discoveries from other fields to illuminate philosophical issues. The goal of philosophy is to address a wide variety of problems through seeking understanding using philosophical methods. It examines topics like reality, knowledge, values, and their relationships through questioning beliefs and creating a coherent world view.

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    Maningas / BSAT3-2 PHILO 101: Introduction to Philosophy with Logic and Critical Thinking December 12, 2011 A Conceptual Map on What is Philosophy? by Prof. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
    Philosophy relates minds to beliefs.

    Expression of ideas using literature and first person narratives.

    Single coherent system of thought justified without appeal to authority

    Create a systematic world view

    Philosophy associates values with each other and finds out where these values fit in the physical world.

    Conceptual Analysis.

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    Disparate topics create conflicts and paradoxes
    Philosophy questions beliefs and knowledge.

    Application of empirical discoveries in Psychology, Biolgy and Physics to illuminate traditioonal Philosophical issues.

    Conflicts and Paradoxes

    Goals of Philosophy

    Philosophy is defined by a GOAL and a METHOD Seeking goals using philosophical methods addresses wide variety of problems Religion Problems Law Economics Biology Metaphysics
    Free will

    Philosophical Methods

    Use of formal developments in Mathematics and Logic.

    Existence of God

    Questions Authorities
    Questioning authorities is justified by arguments

    Reality

    How can we know

    Arguments

    The studying of anything under the name Philosophy

    Physics Mathematics

    Epistemology
    Sources of knowledge

    Example:
    The slow runner will never be overtaken by the swiftest, for it is necessary that the pursuer should first reach the point from which the pursued started, so that necessarily, the slower is always somewhat in advance. Zeno

    How they relate to one another Computers Ethics Etc. Paradoxes are prevented by adopting Philosophical Methods
    Good or bad? Right or wrong?

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