What do you have in common

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What do you have in common

• HZB 3M Philosophy a quick Intro

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With These People?
They studied Philosophy!
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Whats your starting point?

• What do you think philosophy is all about?
• What makes philosophy different from other
  courses?
• What do we mean when we say things like
• Im being philosophical about ___________________
  __
• (my life, this situation)

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What is philosophy?

• The use of reason and argument to search for
  truth and knowledge about reality.
• Philos love
• Sophia Wisdom
• Literally, the love of wisdom

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The starting point of philosophy

• Awe
• Wonder
• A question
• A puzzle
• A riddle

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Beginning with wonder

• Philosophers use thoughtful reflection to
  investigate
• The meaning of life
• What decisions should we make
• How should we live our lives

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As well as on other topics like

• Education
• Family
• Business
• Work
• Play
• Sports
• Medicine
• Health
• Aging

• Happiness
• Friendship
• Law
• Ethics
• Punishment
• Rewards
• Social class
• Euthanasia
• Abortion

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Western philosophy

• Began about 5th C. B.C.E. in Athens
• Key questions
• Ethics, social organization, sciences, nature of
  universe
• Physics, chemistry, biology natural philosophy

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Read Socrates pages 6 and 7

• Why did Socrates choose to die when he could have
  escaped?
• What would you have done? Why?

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Philosophers

• Study questions not easily answered by other
  methods
• Continue studying areas where thoughtful
  reasoning and argument are important
• Study
• The nature of the universe the place of humans
  in it
• Humans as members of society
• What can we know and understand, and why
• Issues where observation alone cant help

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Branches of philosophy

• Logic
• Metaphysics
• Ethics
• Epistemology
• Social Political Philosophy
• Aesthetics
• Philosophy of ______________