Need help with some basic philosophy? These notes contain the first few lessons, which will take you to about the first test. Everything is color coed and organized in a comprehensive way that makes sense to me and has gotten me through high school and college so far.
thinking = amusement
not think
vs entertainment
to engage the mind
Critically =
opinions are nice
but arguments are
better
questions =
Philosophers have been trying to answer "fundamental
elemental
questions" for 3 000 years , .
Learn to ask good questions .
Philosophy does identifies wisdom in the good ,
the true ,
If the beautiful
ethics,
epistemology metaphysics
, ,
value theory
shelps person form rationally, justified E ,
consistent
worldview ordered set of
propositions that
ones a
believes cts upon
examines assumptions ,
asks questions of justification ,
seeks to clarify +
analyze concepts
Objective Truth Claim
There is no God .
can be true false
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