TTC / TGC – The Big Questions of Philosophy

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TTC / TGC – The Big Questions of Philosophy

We have all pondered seemingly unanswerably but significant questions about our existence—the biggest of all being, “Why are we here?” Philosophy Over the millennia, has been helping us to grapple with these fundamental intangibles. There is no better way to study the big questions in philosophy than to compare how the world’s greatest minds have analyzed these questions, defined the terms, and then reasoned out potential solutions. Once you’ve compared the arguments, the final step is always deciding for yourself whether you find an explanation convincing.
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This course gives you the tools to follow and create logical arguments while exploring famous philosophers’ viewpoints on these important questions. While progress has been made towards answers, brilliant thinkers still struggle with big questions that are inspiring thoughtful people around the world. These questions include:

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    What is knowledge?
Can religion be justified?
Is God possible?
What is nature? of The mind?
Is there a free will in humans?
What moral right and wrong is there?
How should society be structured?

The Plato, St. Anselms, Descartes and Locke were among the philosophers to confront these mysteries. It is not difficult to see the point. of Philosophy as a catalog of It is a great collection with names like these of The arguments and big questions.

The Big Questions of Philosophy You have the chance to engage in intellectually thrilling pursuits as you address problems that have preoccupied great minds over millennia. David Kyle Johnson, a renowned philosopher, is your guide.-An Associate Professor, he is a nationally recognized scholar, speaker, author, blogger and winning teacher. of Philosophy at King’s College in Pennsylvania.

A great entry point to this crucial subject. The Big Questions of Philosophy This allows you to have direct contact with the classic problems philosophers have faced over the centuries. You meet scores of people along the journey of Key figures from both the ancient and modern eras. In addition, the course’s broad scope, wealth of examples, and many comparative arguments will appeal to those more experienced in philosophy—including those who already know the difference between abduction and deduction, between Occam’s Razor and Pascal’s Wager.

Modern Design-Day Socrates

In 36 mesmerizing half-hour lectures that will challenge your old assumptions and recharge your current thinking, Professor Johnson plays a role much like Socrates in Plato’s dialogues. He is a good speaker.-He is a man of great nature, who is lucid and persistent in his quest for the truth. Each lecture begins with a simple question, which is sometimes very obvious. However, as you think and object to possible answers, the question becomes more complex and subtle. Professor Johnson’s approach is surprisingly entertaining and easy to follow as you wade through philosophical issues such as these:

Miracles: Could an eyewitness account ever support the belief in a miracle? You discover that the laws of Thinking places miracles outside of the bounds of You can prove verifiable information. As matters, miracles cannot be established. of Acceptance of facts and matters cannot be made of faith.
Freedom of choice: Can we really choose what we do? Free will is theologically impossible if God knows what the future holds. Philosophically, it’s impossible in both a deterministic and an indeterministic universe. Biologically, it seems impossible to understand free will. of neuroscience.
The Self: Are you today the same person you were in the past as you are now? The challenge of This question is crucial because it covers everything, from legal culpability to the prospect. of Professor Johnson was inspired by the possibility of an afterlife to major in philosophy as an undergraduate.
Machines that think: Are they able to think? John Searle, a philosopher proposed a thought experiment that suggested computers could simulate thinking without understanding. This “Chinese Room” Argument became one of The most heated philosophical discussions of recent times.

Think like a philosopher

These issues are decided in what way? The first four lectures of The Big Questions of PhilosophyYou learn the tools of Philosophical analysis. Philosophy is not just about analysis, contrary to popular belief. “a matter of opinion.” It’s the systematic search for truth and rejection of falsehood. There are many methods to achieve this. of Through the centuries, many powerful principles have been developed and techniques refined over time.

Truth does not exist in relative terms. If a belief matches the world, it is true. If two people disagree, it can’t be that both are right—that what each believes is “true for them.” A sound argument and informed facts are essential for a valid opinion to win in a debate.
Aristotelian logic: The Aristotelian reasoning, the oldest route to sound reasoning, emphasizes deduction as the only method to mathematically secure knowledge. Inductive reasoning, which is used for science and other fields, is less certain but is still very powerful.
Abduction: A form of Inductive reasoning and abduction are based on criteria like simplicity, testability, conservatism, and proofability. In other words, a hypothesis should be preferred if it is simpler than other explanations, can be tested, and doesn’t contradict established knowledge.
Fallacious reasoning: This is something to avoid at all cost. It comes in many forms, and it’s unfortunately quite common. One example of fallacious reasoning is “mystery therefore magic”—when the inability to prove that something has a natural explanation is given as grounds for a supernatural explanation.

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These guidelines can lead to positive results in philosophy and in other spheres. of life. It is essential to think critically, reason from sound principles, and make decisions about politics, investments or career moves.

Philosophy There is always something around you

Socrates was able to find grist for his philosophical discussion in everyday life of Athens, fifth century B.C. Similarly, Professor Johnson takes many of His examples are drawn from all aspects of the world, including popular culture. These situations demonstrate that there are philosophical problems everywhere. We can use our intuitions to help us find answers to the big questions.

Skepticism: Descartes’ struggle with skepticism led him to a single, indubitable truth, “I think, therefore I am.” Movies such As The Matrix and Inception push skeptical thinking further, challenging the boundaries between dreaming reality and reality and casting doubt on the prospect of Never stop learning.
Knowledge: Plato’s definition of knowledge—”justified true belief”—has been tested in innumerable thought experiments that show we can have good evidence for a true belief but still lack knowledge. Johnson considers many such. “Gettier problems,” Included is one that involves the U.S. Open Tennis Championship.
Personal identity The Star Trek has an inexhaustible source of teleportation machines of Think about personal identity through thought experiments. Find out how the transporter transforms people by splitting, duplicating, fuses and transforming them.
Meaning: Philosophy Popularly, it is believed to refer to the meaning of life—and indeed it does. Professor Johnson closes the course by seeking a genuine solution to the famous problem in Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, concerning “the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.”

Illuminate Life’s Greatest Mysteries

The longevity of These big questions raise many controversies. In fact, the end will be here. of The course you take may not be the best for you. of Here are the right answers for some questions of You will be asking more questions now than at the beginning. But being a philosopher means constantly testing your views—giving a reasoned defense if you believe you are right and modifying your ideas when you realize you are wrong.

This cycle can be repeated several times. The Big Questions of Philosophy. You’ll discover that great thinkers before you have offered convincing answers to hard questions, philosophers after them have made equally persuasive objections, and then still others have refined the debate even further—causing the issue to come into sharper and sharper focus. This is Professor Johnson’s illuminating metaphor: “Thinking philosophically is like having a powerful flashlight that you can shine into the darkness that seems to surround life’s greatest mysteries—a flashlight that can reveal the answers to the big questions, and one you can use to find your way forward.”

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