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1824124232Philosophylover of wisdom, political science, math, logic, art, ethics, law, truth0
1824124233Different worldsworlds are made by making1
1824124234What makes up different worlds?descriptions, views or ways how the world is. World versions are symbolic systems, which can get several forms - they can be described and expressed by words, music, pictures, dancing - any kind of symbols2
1824124235Why do different world views matter?because a persons world view makes up his or her concept of what is "really real". it naturally serves as a kind of internal "GPS" by which a person makes sense of what is seen, felt, and heard. We all lean on our worldview to make decisions, consciously or subconsciously3
1824124236What assumptions do different views of the world around make?It is easy to grasp someones world view by considering questions that pertain to... God, creation, humanity, moral order, and purpose.4
1824124237What is the premise behind each different world view?The world that we perceive with the senses often deceives us. This would not be so if the world and objects that we perceive with senses were real objects5
1824124238Scientific method - Whats the goal?to determine whether a hypotheses is true to some degree6
1824124239Scientific methodis a body of techniques for investigating phenomena acquiring new knowledge or correcting and integrating previous knowledge7
1824124240Assumptions?Paradigmi shift8
1824124241Prior to scientific method what was truth?logical reasoning/ a 'priori9
1824124242Epistemologystudy of knowledge (truth)10
1824124243Descartesscience, meditations, develops methodological doubt11
1824124244Methodof doubt12
1824124245Cogito ergo sumI think therefore I am13
1824124246Evil genius?instead of assuming that God is the source of our deceptions, we will assume there exist an evil demon, who is capable of deceiving us in the same way we supposed god to be able.14
1824124247Evil genius..therefore, I have reason to doubt the totality of what my senses tell me as well as the mathematical knowledge that it seems i have15
1824124248Mind/body dualism (ghost in the machine)If two things are the same thing, they must share all same properties16
1824124249Mind/bodydescartes shows two ways in which mind and body seem to have different properties and how hence they must be different things. The mind may perceive things differently than the body. Mind makes it real17
1824124250Philosophy of mindstudies the nature of mind, mental events, mental functions, entail properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain18
1824124251Consciousnessthe awareness of objects and events in the external world, and of our own existence and mental experiences at the given moment. Any mental process that involves imagining situations such as planning future behavior, sequences of information, understudying language, logical reasoning19
1824124252Identity theory vs Dualism.20
1824124253Dualismview that a substance can be either material or mental. Dualism assumes there are two worlds. The observable world of brain state, and the private world of mental states21
1824124254Identity theoryof mind holds that states and process of the mind are identical states and processes of the brian22
1824124255Behaviorismapproach to philosophy that emphasizes the study of objectively observable behavior rather than inner mental experiences. Behaviorist stress the role of the environment as a fundamental shaper of human and animal behavior23
1824124256The matrixa movie about choice. Can not tell who you are. To deny your very desires, denies we are human. Blinding people from reality24
1824124257The matrix (Corporate America)is the same as "real life" you are in a prison for the mind - the "way of life"25
1824124258Brains in Vatsmetaphor26

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