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Cohehre april 9 Philosophy of science & debating. student lecture. HANZE UNIVERSITY GRONINGEN 2. content. The ten commandments of Debate Philosophy of science 3. Debate based on topics/hypotheses. 4 . Goal : a critical view based on arguments.

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  1. Cohehre april 9 Philosophy of science & debating student lecture

  2. HANZE UNIVERSITY GRONINGEN 2 content • The ten commandments of Debate • Philosophy of science 3. Debate based on topics/hypotheses. 4. Goal : a critical view based on arguments

  3. An example of a philosophical topic for a debate 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G_zSos8w_I john cleese stupid If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.

  4. Debating Tips and Strategies • There are different strategies for participating in debates, today, we will look at some of these strategies

  5. Don't 's Do's and of Debating • DON’T let your emotions get the better of you. • DO stay calm and speak in a clear, rational voice. • Remember, debaters do not always choose what side they’re on.

  6. Important: • DON’T attack your opponents. • DO stick to your planned, researched arguments. • TIPS: • Cue cards can help a debater to stay focused, but DON’T read from them, use them as a guide.

  7. DO use humor and / or anecdotes in your speaking: • Using examples helps illustrate your position, and uses an argument of precedence • Stories or jokes that are appropriate can be very involving

  8. The commandments for debate The commendmants mell brooks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TAtRCJIqnk 1.30 min

  9. The ten Commandments

  10. Three examples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-GkrHKcwvo can we believe what the prime minister said 1 minuut

  11. Example 2 • Thou should not attack the persons character, but the argument itself • Theorum: Pain is in the brain • Student: • Professor:

  12. Example 3 • Thou shall not claim that, because something occurred before, it must be the cause. • Theorum:At full moon it is always could. So full moon is the cause of a cold night?

  13. WHERE PHILOSOPHY MEETS SCIENCE Science is obtained both systematic and orderly objective human knowledge, as the process of knowledge acquisition and the community in which this knowledge is gathered philosophy of science that takes up questions that arise within particular scientific theories So philosophy of science, is a matter of focusing with a certain level of philosophical sensitivity and sophistication on questions at the foundations of physics.

  14. Philosophy • What is philosophy? • Wisdom • Reality • Theories • Meaning of Life • Nature of being human • Life perspectives • Philosophy has been called many things and it can have many meanings • Those single words or statements on the right side are only some of them What words would you add

  15. 3 Definitions of ‘Philosophy’ • ‘Philosophy’ is used in a variety of ways. Roughly, these entries can be divided into 3 groups: • 1. ‘Philosophy’ as an academic discipline • 2. ‘Philosophy’ as a set of beliefs or worldview • 3. ‘Philosophy’ as a study or inquiry

  16. Father Guido Sarducci’s Five Minute University: • Philosophy’ is an academic discipline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO8x8eoU3L4

  17. The Stereotype of Philosophy • Definition 1 merely states that philosophy is something that is done at a university, involving two distinct elements: • 1. Mental Masturbation: Philosophy is done at a university, and at a university only. Indeed, philosophy is seen by many as a kind of intellectual exercise in futility: guys discussing abstract topics having no practical use. • 2. Intellectual Bullying: Philosophers always seem to know better, and constantly plague us with questions.

  18. Philosophy as a Set of Beliefs • ‘philosophy’ as a worldview or set of beliefs: ‘My philosophy in this regard is …’, ‘Plato’s philosophy’, etc. • Philosophies provide answers to difficult questions, and thus often serve as a kind of guide to conduct life and navigate the world to explain the reality.

  19. Philosophy as Rational Inquiry Explain the reality • Philosophy in this sense is (like definition 1, but unlike definition 2) an activity: it is something you do. In particular, doing philosophy is using our rationality in trying to figure out the answers to difficult questions (related to any subject matter).

  20. Philosophy of footballexample of explaining the reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vdlEcWxvM monty phyton philosophy football 2.30minuut

  21. Doing philosophy roughly consists of two parts: • 1. The generationof possible ideas, concepts, views, beliefs, or answers with respect to some issue or question. • 2. The evaluation of those generated beliefs in order to figure out which make sense and which don’t, which is true and which is false, In sum, the philosopher should be open-minded but not so open-minded that his or her brain is going to fall out!

  22. An attitudetowards beliefs: You are able to consider alternative beliefs. You accept the possibility that existing beliefs are false. In sum: You are critical towards existing beliefs. Open-Mindedness: An AttitudeOK, so what makes one open-minded?

  23. Habit It’s hard to change our thinking patterns We hate to lose the ‘investment’ we have put in our beliefs But why it is hard to be critical • We fear the consequences of the truth of a belief • We like certainty and hate uncertainty • We love to be right and hate to be wrong

  24. It should now be clear why many people have such a negative stereotype of philosophy: Philosophers are critical thinkers, and we don’t like critical thinkers. In fact, by being critical, philosophers always seem to know better (‘intellectual bullying’). Since the questions that philosophers ask are big, progress will be slow, and seemingly non-existent. Thus, philosophy seems like a waste of time (‘mental masturbation’). Summary of Philosophy

  25. Mental masturbation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-LiATmd3IY mental masturbation Ben Forrester Effinfunny Stand Up - Mental Masturbation1.48 min

  26. A brief history of ontology ontological issues are concerned with questions pertaining to the kinds of things that exist within society Descartes (1596 – 1650) • Central role of mind • Dualism of mind and matter COGITO ERGO SUM I THINK, THEREFORE: I AM

  27. Current ontology QUANTIFIED SELF EGO METIRO ERGO SUM I MEASURE, THEREFORE: I AM

  28. Explore the quantified self revolutionjason silva • Quantified self introduction • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjflrXDDU-w

  29. ...practice of collecting one's data for the purpose of self-improvement. It involves data analysis, data visualisation, pattern-spotting and ultimately finding ways of adjusting one's behaviour. ...also goes under the name of quantified self or personal informatics. Self-hacking and data Literacy

  30. Data Literacy … how do I analyse, understand, interpret and re-use my own data?

  31. Is it only positive? Ignaas Devisch philosopher from Belgium Sick from health THE NEW OBSESSION “ARE WHE HEALTHY”? We are so obsessively seeking health that we become ill Tell me everything is good, we strive(search) for maximum health There is something going on health is an ideal to which we continuously strive(serach)

  32. Technical improvements The use of Ritalin medicine is fivefold over a period of 8 years? Based on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.   this is strange? This box is increasing not because more medical problems, but because we quickly evaluate things based on technical and medical improvement Quantified self is facilitating this process?

  33. Preventive examinationfor example a full body scan The chance that you get lung cancer is 0.5% After the full body scan. What are you going to do? after this moment you are not anymore a healthy Citizen but a patient.

  34. the law of increasing annoyanceA German philosopher The more we check the more we annoyance that we can not control. Because we look for answers because of the uncertainty. Is this the reason that the use of Quantified self Increased is this related to philosophy?

  35. Challenge yourself withquantified self Example of checking • Students of the hanze university • 1.57 minuut • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBabwS-hqc

  36. william Osler Linking Emotions with Physical Symptoms “The good physician treats the disease, but the great physician treats the person.” William Osler

  37. Explanation of the debating part

  38. TOPICS FOR DEBATING • Ignaas Devisch has nothing against medical improvement, but it also has a negative side: • It creates a new attitude: as consumers we have a right to health. Who is not sick, is looking more and more until something is found. • For or against

  39. TOPICS FOR DEBATING THE NEW OBSESSION “ARE WE HEALTHY”? We are so obsessively seeking health that we become ill QUANTIFIED SELF WILL FACILITATE THIS OBSESSION For or against?

  40. Based on technical improvement

  41. Where does health stop and where we have to deal with a personal aim for a better life Ignaas Devisch philosopher from Belgium Sick from health should we not make us more concerned about over-consumption of available care? In 2040, half of the income will be spent on care The tricky question is how do we intervene? WHICH CHOISES WILL YOU MAKE MAKE A CHOICE

  42. AFSLUITERend of debat

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