Post by kevinvelasquez on May 17, 2015 0:48:13 GMT
Week 3 Question 1: Why is understanding physics and the general rules of the universe so important in doing philosophy?
Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Physics and the general rules of the universe are important to philosophy because studying and understanding physics helps one answer the questions he/she has and nurtures one’s acknowledgement and involvement of reality and existence. “We all start from naive realism, i.e., the doctrine that things are what they seem. We think that grass is green, that stones are hard, and that snow is cold. But physics assures us that the greenness of grass, the hardness of stones, and the coldness of snow are not the greenness, hardness, and coldness that we know in our own experience […] observing the effects of the stone upon himself “(Quantum Weirdness, page 15). Physics helps one to measure and gauge one’s understanding of the world around them and aid in helping man to develop
Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Physics and the general rules of the universe are important to philosophy because studying and understanding physics helps one answer the questions he/she has and nurtures one’s acknowledgement and involvement of reality and existence. “We all start from naive realism, i.e., the doctrine that things are what they seem. We think that grass is green, that stones are hard, and that snow is cold. But physics assures us that the greenness of grass, the hardness of stones, and the coldness of snow are not the greenness, hardness, and coldness that we know in our own experience […] observing the effects of the stone upon himself “(Quantum Weirdness, page 15). Physics helps one to measure and gauge one’s understanding of the world around them and aid in helping man to develop