THEORY OF REALITYMetaphysics

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy is the science of the logical foundation of all knowledge

It is the first logical science Philosophy is the highest generalization

which scientific research suggest. It consist of great unifying truth, the science

of sciences.

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy is:     (a) the attempt to acquire knowledge     (b) by rational means    (c) about topics that do not seem amenable to empirical investigation. 

Condition (a) distinguishes philosophy from creative disciplines such as literature or music. (b) distinguishes philosophy from mysticism and some varieties of religion. (c) distinguishes philosophy from the empirical sciences.

METAPHYSICS

The study of logical foundation of science or of the real

The theory of reality or the highest generalization regarding the real warranted by our present knowledge

(Compared to Theory of Ideal or ethics and aesthetics)

THEORY OF REALITY

What kinds of things exist? How many kinds of things are there? How are they related to one another? (E.g.:

do minds exist? Numbers? God? Forms?)

NATURE OF INFORMATION

See without knowing (dog watching a machine) is not information

See with knowing ( Dr seeing a patient) is information

NATURE OF TRUTH

Information may be true or false To know something is the subject believes it to

be true

THE NATURE OF PROPOSITION

X implies Y means: “if X then Y” if X is true, so is Y; If Y is false, so is X; But X may be false and Y still be true

For example, if two sides of a triangle are equal, their

opposite angles are equal. If the volume of a gas decreases, its

pressure will increase If a body moves in empty space, it will

move in a straight line with uniform velocity

WHAT IS A PROPOSITION

KNOWLEDGE OF PROPOSITION