Lesson 1 What is Philosophy? Lesson Overview Welcome to this introductory course in philosophy. For our first lesson‚ we are going to examine the question: What is philosophy? There are 4 ways you can get to know what a discipline is: define it‚ describe it‚ contrast and compare it with other disciplines‚ and finally experience it. In this first lesson‚ we will aim to accomplish the first 3 of these activities. The rest of the course will be an exercise in experiencing philosophy. Tasks
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1 1. What do science‚ art‚ and religion have in common? How are they different? Science‚ art‚ and religion can be seen as having in common their existence as examples of humanity’s need to explore‚ describe‚ and attempt to explain its place in the world and the universe. Science‚ reliant on the scientific method‚ is man’s attempt to discover the world around him and explain why things happen as they do; artistic expression in all of its forms can be viewed as man’s attempts to describe
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Phil 201 Essay 1 September 26‚ 2012 Comparing and contrasting the synopsis “The Matrix” to Plato’s “The Allegory Of The Cave” and also Descartes “Meditation I Of The Things Of Which We May Doubt” which have several similarities and also some differences. In all three of these stories the main idea is that reality is in question. In the Matrix‚ the human being is in a pod like machine that is controlled by a computer simulating what we think and know to be reality. Reality is not only created
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Both science and religion try to answer the same questions that life offers us‚ yet both go about answering these questions different ways. Part of what makes us human is our curiosity and constant questioning of life‚ and religious and scientific explanations for life’s biggest questions have been up for debate for millennia. Science and religion differ in numerous ways from one another when trying to solve the mysteries of our world. On one side‚ science is the ever changing source of knowledge
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Study Guide: Lesson 1 Prelude to Philosophy: What is Philosophy? List 4 reasons students often presuppose a low view of philosophy. 1. The image that one has to be super intelligent to do philosophy. 2. As a discipline‚ most students study it late in their academic development. 3. Most people don’t think it’s practical. 4. Most students don’t know what philosophy is or how it can benefit them. Know Socrates’ quote: What is the unexamined life? What did he mean when he said it wasn’t worth living
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Comparisons and Contrasts between Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism Between the religions of Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism‚ there are many similarities and differences that are dealt within each of them. Throughout these religions‚ we can compare and contrast different aspects of each religion such as some of the basic facts of their histories and some of the religious beliefs each of them have in common and or make them different from each other. In the country known as Palestine‚ the religions known
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that if not for my ability to read without believing everything that was before my eyes‚ I would not know what to believe. After reading the three synopses I had to regroup and think‚ did I read this or was this a dream? I will now try and compare and contrast the three and show if there were any similarities and differences. I will start with comparing Plato and the Matrix in that there are similarities between the two. The similarities are that in both synopses the players (Neo of the Matrix and
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world there are many religions. Most of the religions are based off of one specific religion. Even though they may be similar to each other they are also different. I have chosen to write my paper about three religions or faiths these religions would be Paganism‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism. I have chosen to write about these three because they all have similarities to one another as well as differences. As you are reading this paper you will learn about each of these religions or faiths‚ what they
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Ashwell Boyd Intro to Art Compare and Contrast Essay The Great Pyramid of Giza and The Great Stupa of Sanchi are two beautiful monumental structures that hold great significance in their place of origin‚ but there are many differences in the two. First of all The Pyramid of Giza is located in Egypt‚ in a place they call Giza Necropolis. The features of the Great Pyramid of Giza are so large they are visible even from the Moon; along with being so large it is the oldest and largest one of
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STUDY GUIDE: LESSON 2 The Importance of Philosophy in General Lesson Overview Having discussed what philosophy is‚ we now consider why it is important to study philosophy. We will divide our discussion into 2 parts: (1) Why is it important for all persons in general and (2) Why is it specifically important for Christians to study philosophy? We begin‚ in true philosophic fashion‚ by examining the question itself: what we do mean by philosophy being important and we introduce the idea of the
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