Intro to Philosophy Midterm The word philosophy itself means “the love of wisdom.” Philosophy stands for doing the right thing or being a “just” person. Philosophy also means to see things for what they truly are and not what they may seem to be. A philosopher’s life is a lifelong quest to find the meaning of things beyond their physical appearance. The Ring of Gyges is a ring that a man puts on and becomes invisible. When he does wrong he is not blamed‚ he gets away with it. Once a man
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Philosophy of Man: Notes Historical Background I. Pre-Socratic Period - also known as the Cosmological Period (cosmos meaning universe) *questions about human existence and subsistence (basic needs) Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers: - Anaxagoras - Thales (he held that water is the fundamental stuff of all things‚ saying “All is water”) - Anaximander - Xenophanes - Heraclitus - Anaximenes Empiricism – a theory which states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
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"Who doesn’t want to go to a place called Wizard Quest that has a giant dragon and a Gandalf statue?" Wizard Quest and its mighty dragon. I say into Deanna’s camera as we stand on a crosswalk in arguably one of the goofiest tourist traps I’ve ever been. (I’ve lived within an hour or so of both Pigeon Forge‚ Tennessee and Branson‚ Missouri so you can imagine) I woke up from a nap and we came rolling into Wisconsin Dells like it was a perfectly normal experience to see a place called Paul
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Moral Truth What is Moral truth? In Sam Harris’ book “The Moral Landscape”‚ he explains his ideas on moral truth. He explains that moral truth is so complex because of personal whim‚ and cultural influence. He explains his ideas of moral truth through science‚ objective and subjective‚ and consensus and consciousness. With these ideas Harris is able to define moral truth to his best ability‚ because it is such a difficult subject to understand. In the chapter on moral truth‚ Harris explains
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SKEPTICISM PHILOSOPHY Skepticism: • It comes from the Greek word skeptikoi which means “seekers” or “inquirers.” • It refers to the critical attitude wherein a man questions different things including the well-known absolute truth or knowledge. • Note that skepticism (philosophical that is) should be contrasted with philosophical dogmatism wherein the latter is the direct opposite of the former. Philosophical dogmatism refers to an attitude wherein a man believes to have absolute
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to believe truth is relative; but that statement in and of itself is relative. We confuse knowledge with truth. Before the heliocentric theory‚ it was considered truth that the universe orbited the earth. The common knowledge of that day altered their truth. Our generation considers the statement "love is love" as truth. Yet‚ this same statement considered the highest of sins less than a few decades ago. Our society has made us believe truth is relative so we could all coexist. If truth is relative
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Project 1 Scott Larouche Rio Hondo College Psy 123 Debra Kaiser March 11‚ 2012 Project 1 This paper will discuss the American Legacy Foundation and its anti-smoking prevention campaign known as “Truth.” The history of the foundation will be reviewed‚ and the fundamental elements of the program‚ including its claims of success‚ how that success is measured‚ and the basis for the program design‚ will be presented. Foundations‚ Elements and Focus The Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) between
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Amber May How should truth be defined based on the knowledge one would have? There are endless theories that try to answer this question. Unfortunately‚ every theory has its contest. Would we even know if a theory was the truth? That is not even possible. We could never prove whether a theory was actually truth. It creates a loop. We would have to know what is and isn’t truth to prove what is actually true. Is truth relative‚ or is it absolute? How would we know? Winkin made a statement about
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not all of these statements could be the truth‚ right? In my opinion there is not a definite definition of truth and thus‚ all of these statements can be true in some way. Truth changes from person to person‚ and is greatly influenced on facts‚ society‚ and humans’ own personal customs‚ morals‚ and beliefs. Later that month‚ facts from the video began to arise. Even though these facts were now presented and could not be disputed‚ it did not present the truth of the whole event. This is because the
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throughout the world. This is no different in two particular movies‚ “The Truman Show” and “The Matrix”. So how do we know what reality is? How can we tell the difference between reality and a ‘Fake’ world? “Have you ever had a dream‚ Neo‚ that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?” (Morpheus‚ The Matrix). In both film texts there are a number of authorities who manipulate the reality of the
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