Is Philosophy relevant?
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IS PHILOSOPHY RELEVANT?
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Epicurus, born in 341 BC was a famous Greek philosopher born in Samos.
Epicurus founded the principles of Epicurean philosophy, also led the foundation of ethics in Ancient Greece with his theory of “Ethic of Reciprocity”.
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The basic purpose of Epicurean philosophy was to acquire a happy and tranquil life, which was characterized by ataraxia which was complete freedom from worry and aponia, or absence of pain. One more feature required for the attainment of happy life was to live a self-sufficient life surrounded with friends.
According to him, pleasure and pain are the measures of good and evil and death is the end of body and the soul, hence there is nothing to fear.
He taught that the Gods couldn’t punish or reward humans and man should not worry about life. He further taught that universe is infinite and eternal and atoms are responsible for events that took place in the world.
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Born on the Greek island of Samos, Epicurus spent most of his life in Athens, where he became somewhat of a cult figure, and attracted a band of students, with who he lived on a group home. Epicurus believed that if we strive to eliminate suffering from our lives it will inevitably be better.
In short, Epicurus believed that three key things were to increasing happiness: firstly, live a fairly simple lifestyle; be kind to those around you; and surround yourself with friends.
Another feature of Epicurus' philosophy was that we can overcome certain events by dwelling on positive memories, especially before death. As an Altruist, Epicurus believed in overcoming bad times and learning to seize as much as pleasure as possible.
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• Famous Greek philosopher born 470 BC, Athens Greece.
• Believed Philosophy improved society; it provided skills for critical thinking and reasoning
• Was a teacher that made his students nervous and critical thinkers
• Accused of misguiding the youth and being disrespectful towards the gods of the city
• Was put on trial; told to renounce beliefs and pay a fine or face death
• Refused to give up his beliefs; accepted and fulfilled his death sentence
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• On October 2, 1869 Mohandas Gandhi was born
• 1920, Gandhi becomes leader of the Congress Party
• Gandhi was sentenced to six years imprisonment for not cooperating
• Was released from prison early because of his health spinning campaign
• Published an Autobiography "My Experiments with Truth"
• 1931, Gandhi stands up for India
• Partition of British-run India into Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India Independence for both states
• 1948, Gandhi is shot by a Hindi fanatic New Delhi
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BIRTH DATE: October 5, 1958 (age 56)
Place of birth: New York, New York
First African- American in his filed
• Tyson has written several books for the general public, including Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.
• He hosted the NOVA Science Now series from 2006 to 2011. Tyson remains a popular TV science expert today
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IS A STUDENT IN A PHILOSOPHY COURSE MORE CAPABLE OF THINKING CRITICALLY COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO DO NOT TAKE A PHILOSOPHY COURSE?
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YES
EPICURUS:
The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. A Philosophy course can help you be smart because it opens up your thoughts.
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YES
GANDHI:
A philosophy course is useful. It makes students critical thinkers because you would learn different aspects of life
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GANDHI:
A philosophy course is useful. It makes students critical thinkers because you would learn different aspects of life
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NO
SOCRATES:
Just because a student does not take a philosophy course does not mean they aren't capable of thinking critically. There are different types of knowledge.
EX) A shoe-maker knows how to make shoes, but that doesn’t mean he knows how to mend kettles and pots; that's what a tinker knows how to do.
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NO
NEILS DEGRASSE TYSON:
Philosophy isn't a course to help students become critical thinkers.
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WOULD EDUCATION BE MORE ENJOYABLE AND SUCCESSFUL IF ALL TEACHERS SPENT LESS TIME GIVING TESTS AND SPENT MORE TIME TEACHING STUDENTS TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES?
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YES
EPICURUS:
Not enjoyable, but successful. Obtaining self-reflectance can teach someone from right and wrong, help become better people and build better relationships with others.
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YES
SOCRATES:
Education should be taught to students to think for themselves. Teachers should teach by subjecting ideas to critical questioning.
EX) "Socratic Questioning,” known as a thinking strategy to reflectively question common beliefs. He guided his students to discover the subject matter rather than telling them what they need to know.
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YES
GANDHI:
thinking for yourself will help you know yourself and that will help you with life. If you think for yourself instead it’s something much harder to forget.
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NEILS DEGRASSE TYSON:
If a scientist already knew what they were doing, they wouldn't be discovering anything, because they already knew what they were doing.
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NO
EPICURUS:
A philosopher and a scientist are two different people, what a philosopher believes may seem true, but never scientifically. Science would have been just as advanced as it is now today, without the ideas of philosophers.
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YES
SOCRATES:
Philosophy contributes to science. We question anything without a real answer. Science always starts with a fundamental philosophical question and breaks down into smaller questions.
EX) “Socratic Method“ was a method to answer fundamental questions by breaking it down into a series of questions. This served as a tool for scientific research and then either proving it correct or false.
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GANDHI: Science would be less advanced without professional philosophers because philosophy allows you to think outside the box, like science there's nothing really simple about science its very complex and science may have an importance towards that.
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NO
NEILS DEGRASSE TYSON:
Science would be just as advanced without philosophy. Philosophy could inhibit scientific progress by encouraging “a little too much question asking.”
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SHOULD WE EXPECT THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY TO HELP US DECIDE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS HOW TO ACT?
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YES
EPICURUS:
helps make decisions for a practical life because it helps your mind determine what kind of philosopher you are, what theory and life style you live and it helps view different perspectives.
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SOCRATES:
Helps people think critically. At any situation where you have to make a decision about something, that decision will always depend on your reasoning abilities.
By studying the virtue of knowledge, the human being is capable of knowing the good. And when they know what is good they can follow it and know how to act.
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GANDHI: Philosophy will help an individual in a certain situation because through learning philosophy it will help you think in other perspectives helping you to make your decision much more wise and intelligent
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NEILS DEGRASSE TYSON:
Look, I got all this world of unknown out there. I'm moving on. I'm leaving you behind. You can't even cross the street because you are distracted by what you are sure are deep questions you've asked yourself. I don't have the time for that." “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.”
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