2. DISCLAIMER
This material is an adaptation of the original presentation of:
Kasetsart, Heritage (2014). Philosophy History. On Slideshare.net. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/heritagecivil/philosophy-history on October 20, 2020.
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4. • What is it to know something (and how can
we come to know something)?
– Epistemology, philosophy of science, logic
• What is there (and what are the natures of
these things)?
– Metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of
religion
• What has value (and why)?
– Aesthetics, moral & political philosophy
THE PHILOSOPHY
SUBJECTS
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5. • What can we have knowledge about?
• What does it mean to have knowledge about
something?
• Where can we get knowledge from?
• How can we get knowledge?
• Are we just brains in vats?
• Can we be sure we know anything?!
• Descartes: “I think, therefore I am”
KNOWLEDGE
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6. • What is time?
• Is time travel possible?
• Was there time before the universe?
• How did the universe start?
• What happened before the universe?
• Is everything in the universe caused?
• Is it possible for us to have free will?
• What is the meaning of life?
METAPHYSICS
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7. • What are the arguments for believing in a god?
• Do those arguments give good reason to believe in a
God?
• What are the arguments that certain kinds of Gods
cannot exist?
• Do those arguments give good reason not to believe
in a certain type of God?
• Why would a God who is all powerful, and all good let
bad things happen to innocent people?
PHILOSOPHY OF
RELIGION
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8. • How can we tell what
is art and what isn’t?
• Is popular art bad for
us?
• Why do people enjoy
watching scary
movies?
AESTHETICS
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9. • Are there universal moral facts?
• What is the best possible life someone can
have?
• What makes actions morally right or wrong?
• What is the best form of government?
• Are human rights real?
• When, if ever, is it permissible to go to war?
MORAL & POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY
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10. • Applying moral theories to current real life
situations to assess what we should do
• Topics include:
– Animal rights
– Environmental ethics
– Euthanasia
– Abortion
– Cloning and genetic engineering
– Business ethics (e.g. is advertising immoral?)
– Global poverty
APPLIED ETHICS
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