PHILOSOPHY 1ST SEMESTER | WEEK 2

It involves asking big questions about life, knowledge, and values then critically examining the different viewpoints and forming your own conclusion.

• Central Philosophy

• Philosophize

• Theories

TRUE OR FALSE: Truth is a central in the study of philosophy.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Truth is eslusive as ever, there is no definite measure in determining the truth.

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A proposition believed to be the absolute reality.

Pieces of info having objective reality.

Judgment based on personal convictions, which may not be factual, truthful, or false.

THEORIES OF TRUTH:

it is determined how it relates to the world, the way things really are.

• COHERENCE THEORY

• CORRESPONDENCE THEORY

• PRAGMATIC THEORY

THEORIES OF TRUTH:

If it's consistent with a system of other propositions. Relies on a person's judgment.

• PRAGMATIC THEORY

• COHERENCE THEORY

• CORRESPONDENCE THEORY

THEORIES OF TRUTH:

It is true if it is useful. It must be verified by having a close encounters with the world.

• PRAGMATIC THEORY

• CORRESPONDENCE THEORY

• COHERENCE THEORY

It presents the ideas on the relativity of truth.

• Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

• Socrates and His Know Thyself Notion