Areas or Branches of Philosophy Flashcards
1
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wonders as to what constitutes the whole reality
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Metaphysics
2
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determining what we know is
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Epistemology
3
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study of values
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axiology
4
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value of beauty
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easthetics
5
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value of human actions
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ethics
6
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reports how people, particularly group, make their moral valuations w/out making any judgement either for or against these valuations.
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descriptive study of ethics
7
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works of social scientist like historian or sociologist or anthropologist.
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descriptive study of ethics
8
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often done in philosophy or moral theology. prescribes what we ought to maintain as our standards or bases for moral valuation.
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normative study of ethics
