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Philosophy basic definition
examining life
Philosophy working definition
The critical examination of our foundational beliefs concerning the nature of reality, knowledge and
truth, and our moral and social values.
Quotation: The unexamined life is not worth living
Socrates
The "greatest good"
examining life
Normative claim
One has a duty or obligation to do something
sophos
wisdom
philo
love, great affection
Clarification, justification, evaluation
The three main tasks of analysis
quantitative valuation
a judgment based on how much you put into something
qualitative valuation
a judgment based on the quality of what you do
foundational beliefs
central or core beliefs that that we often do not think about that form our overall worldview; the big
questions; presuppositions; dispositional (normally unquestioned) beliefs
Tripartite Definition of knowledge
Justified True Belief
Wisdom 3
knowledge applied