If you have to take a Philosophy course...

Post #112,845 by Silverlock 8/5/03 10:21:32 PM Reply	If you have to take a Philosophy course... Go for the introduction. Logic. If Philosophy is the science of thinking, then Logic is the prerequisite. ----------------------------------------- [link\|http://www.talion.com/questionw.html\|?W] Where were you in 72?
Post #112,856 by deSitter 8/5/03 11:19:17 PM Reply	Re: If you have to take a Philosophy course... I really have to disagree - unless logic is obvious, it's pointless to go on about it. So the ONE philosophy course you really need has TWO parts - metaphysics and ethics. -drl
Post #112,857 by mhuber 8/5/03 11:27:43 PM Reply	And, yet, without knowing about knowing... Go for it: Epistemology. Brain damage without trauma. When you finish, you won't be sure what knowing means, much less knowing what you know you know. And that's without any drugs that aren't produced internaly. ---- Sometime you the windshield, sometime you the bug, sometime you the driver you turn on the windshield washer you keep going.
Post #112,859 by deSitter 8/5/03 11:34:02 PM Reply	Re: And, yet, without knowing about knowing... Well, I'd say that came under metaphysics - theoretical metaphysics, versus applied metaphysics, which assumes an epistimological framework - part of which must be the elements of logic, which are like lines and points and the idea of intersection - you take them as given. -drl
Post #112,858 by Silverlock 8/5/03 11:32:08 PM Reply	I disagree with your premise Point made. Those without exposure to premises and counclusions wouldn't get the point. And that should be enough. In case it's not clear, logic is not "obvious" to many. Training is helpfull though. ----------------------------------------- [link\|http://www.talion.com/questionw.html\|?W] Where were you in 72?
Post #112,860 by deSitter 8/5/03 11:35:25 PM Reply	Re: I disagree with your premise How to decide if what you are being taught is correct or false? -drl
Post #112,864 by Silverlock 8/5/03 11:53:23 PM Reply	A rather large question How to decide if what you are being taught is correct or false? I really don't have a satisfactory answer. I think this is one of those questions that requires actual experience and living a life and such to answer. And, of course, the tried and true experiment. You don't trust your teacher, then verify. If the question is unanswerable by experiment, it is unanswerable. ----------------------------------------- [link\|http://www.talion.com/questionw.html\|?W] Where were you in 72?
Post #112,874 by Nightowl 8/6/03 1:40:38 AM Reply	Re: A rather large question How to decide if what you are being taught is correct or false? I really don't have a satisfactory answer. I think this is one of those questions that requires actual experience and living a life and such to answer. And, of course, the tried and true experiment. You don't trust your teacher, then verify. If the question is unanswerable by experiment, it is unanswerable. Hmmm. I decide based on what I have been taught, and what I believe. If someone teaches something contrary to that belief or learning on my part, I accept it as someone else's belief. I base my strong code of ethics on several things, my upbringing by my parents, who are very honest and straightforward people, my religion, and my basic gut instincts as well as my experiences. Obviously, if you made such and such decision and it cost you dearly, maybe it was not the right one, and such would make me rethink that choice if faced with another such decision in the future. Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
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