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Branches of Philosophy Flashcards

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1
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what word comes from the two Greek words “philo” and “sophia”

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philosophy

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what are Pythagoras Three Classes of Olympic Attendees

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Lovers of Gain
Lovers of Honor
Lovers of Knowledge or Wisdom

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sophia means

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wisdom

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philo means

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to love

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5
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what is the accumulation of facts
and information

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knowledge

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what is the synthesis of knowledge
and experiences into insights that
deepen one’s understanding of
relationships and the meaning of life.

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wisdom

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7
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A science that by natural light of reason
studies the first causes or highest principles of all things

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Philosophy

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The investigation is systematic. It has a certain steps
and procedures. It is an organized body of knowledge just like
another science.

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Science

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9
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Philosophers investigate things
by using his natural capacity to think or simply, human reason
alone or the so-called unaided reason.

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Natural Light of Reason

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10
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A philosopher studies human
beings, society, religion, language, god and plants.

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Study of all things

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The principle is that from
which something proceeds in any manner whatsoever.

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First Cause or Highest Principle

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“the first basis from which a
thing is known.”

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The first principle

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fundamental rules upon
which rational discourse itself is based.

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The laws of thought

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“Everything is its own being, and not being is not being”

  • Each thing is identical with itself.
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Principle of Identity

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“It is impossible for a thing to be and not be at the same
time and at the same respect”

  • Contradictory propositions cannot both be true in the
    same sense at the same time.
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Principle of Non - Contradiction

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“A thing is either is or is not; everything must be
either be or not be; between being and not-being,
there is no middle ground possible”.

  • The proposition is either true or its negation is true.
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Principle of Excluded Middle

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17
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Nothing exist without sufficient reasons for its being and
existence.

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Principle of sufficient reasons

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18
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Major branches of philosophy - “study of the nature of reality”

It- Necessary to drive every human being to
know what is real.

-Metaphysician’s task is to explain that part of
our experience, which we call unreal in terms
of what we call real.

-Seeks to present what is absolutely real.

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Metaphysics

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19
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Major branches of philosophy

“study of the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human
actions.”

“a study of the nature of moral judgment”

Prescriptive “what ought to do”

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Ethics

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20
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Origin and meaning of ethical concepts such as
good or bad, issues on universally accepted truths, and even
people’s justification of their own judgments.

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Metaethics

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21
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– Concerned with the setting of
certain standards of what is morally right and
morally wrong. It also involves the formulation of
set values or moral norms.

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Normative ethics

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22
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It attempts to apply differently
theories to different situations in real life such as
euthanasia, death penalty, etc.

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Applied ethics

23
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form of rules, standards, or
prescription that are strictly followed
by people. It indicates the society’s
standard of propriety, morality/ethics
and legality.

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Norms

24
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Forms of behavior that are
relatively or distinctly set away from a
norm.

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Deviance

25
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Major branches of philosophy “study of kinds, sources, and conditions and validity of
knowledge”

It deals with the process by which people are led to
know that something is true

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Epistemology

26
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The reason as source of knowledge and
a most important element in the acquisition of knowledge.

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Rationalism

27
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A person was born with the innate ability to evaluate and
understand the world through mental reasoning. (a
priori)

He found that he could not doubt that he himself existed,
as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place.

To doubt that you are thinking would be thinking itself

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Rene Descartes

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(I think, therefore I am)

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“Cogito, ergo sum”

29
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A person’s source of knowledge
comes from his five senses or experience (a
posteriori)

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Empiricism

30
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A person’s mind is a tabula rasa (blank sheet) which
he/she could write and store ideas based on experiences.

Only through experiences one could derive
knowledge.

“You are a blank slate that must be written on with the chalk of
experience”

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John Locke

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Experiential Source of Knowledge
Kind of experience where the human mind
grasps the world through the five senses.

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Sensation

32
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Experiential Source of Knowledge
Kind of experience where human mind
goes internal, recognizing the ideas regarding its own
essence thinking, doubting, and believing. (Deep
reflective thought).

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Reflection

33
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a philosophical perspective that a
proposition is true if it works satisfactorily, that the
meaning of a proposition is to be found in the practical
consequences of accepting it, and that unpractical ideas
are to be rejected.

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Pragmatism

34
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Father of Pragmatism

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Charles Sanders Peirce

35
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“study of correct and incorrect forms of reasoning”

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Logic

36
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greek word of logic

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logike

37
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series of statements intended to
determine the degree of truth of another statement,
which is the conclusion.

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Argument

38
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was the first to develop a formal system for
reasoning. He observed that the deductive validity of any
argument can be determined by its structure rather than its
content

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Aristotle

39
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a logical argument that applies reasoning to
arrive at a conclusion from two propositions that are
asserted, or assumed, to be true

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Syllogism

40
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agreement of knowledge with reality .

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Truth

41
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exists when the ideas corresponds with things
around our objective/sensed world.

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Truth

42
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The validity of an idea can be determined not only by

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its content but by its structure.

43
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(comes from the greek word aisthetikos
which means “perception”)

“study of idea of beauty”

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Aesthetic

44
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  • Branch of Philosophy that deals with nature and
    appreciation of art, beauty, and good taste.
  • It is concerned with the analysis of aesthetic
    experience and the idea of what is beautiful.
  • The analysis is directed toward the nature of aesthetic
    judgment, standards of beauty.
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Aesthetic

45
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He argues that our taste and judgment regarding beauty is
determined by our personal experience and
culture.

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Hans – Georg Gadamer

46
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diverse range of human activities in
creating visual, auditory or performing
artifacts (artworks), expressing the makers
imaginative, conceptual ideas or technical
skill intended to be appreciated for their
beauty or emotional power.

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Art

47
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Art is an imitation of an imitation

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Plato

48
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Art is mirror of reality

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Aristotle

49
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Importance of Aesthetic

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It vitalizes our knowledge
It helps us to live more deeply and
richly
It brings us in touch with our culture

50
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also known as political theory, is the study of
topics such as politics, liberty, justice, property,
rights, law, and the enforcement of laws by
authority

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Political philosophy

51
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Study of GovernanceLegitimate utilization of power in the
society

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Politics

52
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Legitimate utilization of power in the
society

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Governance

53
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ability to make decisions and enforce
the decision in the society

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Power

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