Introduction to Philosophy

The particular pertains to the whole.

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The scientific question is confined to the particular.

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The philosophical question becomes a revelation about the whole of reality.

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Knowing what is real requires deception.

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Dialectics is an art of refutation that dates back to the ancient Americans.

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The philosopher most noteworthy in the use of dialectics is Socrates.

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In the ancient era, dialectics was understood as thesis, anti-thesis and synthesis.

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Debate is one form of discovery in philosophy.

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Philosophy means love of wisdom.

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Philia means wisdom.

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• False