PHIL 101 Final Exam JMU Yates Questions and
answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
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how philosophy involves cultivating to cultivate the side of our ideas, reason, etc.
one side of our lives by questioning
another
intellectual strength - agility in perception & thinking
- sloppy, naive prejudices - motivated reasoning
- attempt to harvest better authenticity (healthy
intellectual discussion)
practicing the 'love of wisdom': - the role of assumptions & presuppositions
technical matters (technical term for assumption) - underlying ideas
we trust
- criticism & argument
- philosophy in Greek as 'philein' & 'sophia'
(friendship w/ wisdom)
- Queen of the Sciences (philosophy) - concerned
w/ truth
, four approaches to doing philosophy: - trying to articulate clear meanings of things -
definitions wisdom, knowledge, happiness, etc.
- definitional ambition; disagreements along the way
four approaches to doing philosophy: - take definitions & try to prove them
logic & proofs - logistic reasoning; symbolic logic
- way of trying to argue in a reasoned out method
- words can have ethical or non-ethical meanings
regardless of context; asks each side to do more
than point fingers
four approaches to doing philosophy: - philosophy is constantly in search of new modes
being visionary of meaning
- visionary imagination; creative agility
- artistry in philosophy
four approaches to doing philosophy: - identifying which actions are right or wrong, & on
focusing on the practical (the moral) what basis can we claim it
- brings clarity, criticism, & questioning to something
always going on (moral judgements)
common denominators of the four - philosophy challenges us to examine our beliefs &
approaches to doing philosophy ourselves
- try to live a wise & more authentic life
answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
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Terms in this set (70)
how philosophy involves cultivating to cultivate the side of our ideas, reason, etc.
one side of our lives by questioning
another
intellectual strength - agility in perception & thinking
- sloppy, naive prejudices - motivated reasoning
- attempt to harvest better authenticity (healthy
intellectual discussion)
practicing the 'love of wisdom': - the role of assumptions & presuppositions
technical matters (technical term for assumption) - underlying ideas
we trust
- criticism & argument
- philosophy in Greek as 'philein' & 'sophia'
(friendship w/ wisdom)
- Queen of the Sciences (philosophy) - concerned
w/ truth
, four approaches to doing philosophy: - trying to articulate clear meanings of things -
definitions wisdom, knowledge, happiness, etc.
- definitional ambition; disagreements along the way
four approaches to doing philosophy: - take definitions & try to prove them
logic & proofs - logistic reasoning; symbolic logic
- way of trying to argue in a reasoned out method
- words can have ethical or non-ethical meanings
regardless of context; asks each side to do more
than point fingers
four approaches to doing philosophy: - philosophy is constantly in search of new modes
being visionary of meaning
- visionary imagination; creative agility
- artistry in philosophy
four approaches to doing philosophy: - identifying which actions are right or wrong, & on
focusing on the practical (the moral) what basis can we claim it
- brings clarity, criticism, & questioning to something
always going on (moral judgements)
common denominators of the four - philosophy challenges us to examine our beliefs &
approaches to doing philosophy ourselves
- try to live a wise & more authentic life
