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CHAPTER 1: Lesson 1 - Nature of Philosophy Flashcards

1
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statement that expresses a general truth or principle

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dictum

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essence or the distinctive characteristic that defines a thing

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nature of things

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3
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act of forwarding an idea that must be seriously considered

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stipulate

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4
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whole reality with due consideration of the relationship and interaction between and among its parts

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holism

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5
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system of thinking that understands the complex whole by reducing them into the relationships of its parts

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reductionism

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6
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this begins in wonder

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philosophy

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positive state of being surprised, amazed, and curiously perplexed with something

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wonder

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8
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this makes someone ask questions with the ardent desire to satisfy the curiosity about something

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wonder

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9
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he wondered about anything and about everything

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Thales of Miletus

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10
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Miletus

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modern-day Turkey

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11
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he became a mathematician, an astronomer and a philosopher

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Thales of Miletus

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12
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the first philosopher or the father of philosophy in the western tradition

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Thales of Miletus

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13
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he went beyond mythology and used human reason to explain phenomena

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Thales of Miletus

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used the natural reason to describe and explain phenomena in a rational and coherent fashion

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Thales of Miletus

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15
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this discipline was developed and later earned the name ___

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philosophy

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16
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he postulated that the basic substance of the universe is water

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Thales of Miletus

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17
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he called Thales the father of natural philosophy

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Aristotle

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18
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philosophers deal not with specific or particular ideas but in

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broad and overarching questions

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early Greek Ionian philosophers in Miletus contemplated on

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phusis or the nature of things

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proposed that water is the primary substance of the earth

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Thales

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proposed that the primary substance is air

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Anaximenes

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stipulated that fire is the primary substance

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Heraclitus

23
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also reflected on broad question

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Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

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city

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polis

25
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people exposed to today’s science may find the previous questions or concerns seem to be:

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too general, too chaotic, and too trivial and impractical

26
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he mentioned that the three are the characteristics of a philosophical question

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Isaiah Berlin

27
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known for his Pythagorean Theorem

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Pythagoras

28
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lived after Thales and coined the term philosophy

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Pythagoras

29
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philo

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love

30
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sophia

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wisdom

31
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philosophy means

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love of wisdom

32
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hard sciences

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physics, chemistry, biology

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soft sciences

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anthropology, psychology and sociology

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queen of sciences

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philosophy

35
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stands as a second-order inquiry

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philosophy

36
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why did philosophy stands as a second-order inquiry

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it questions and scrutinizes other disciplines

37
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this assists the hard sciences towards an enhanced body of knowledge and disciplinal practice

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philosophy

38
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idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

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holism

39
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he postulated holism

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Jan Smuts

40
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holos means

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whole or total

41
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deals with the whole reality with due consideration of the relationship and interaction between and among its parts

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holism

42
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reductionism emanated from the ___

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Newtonian outlook of the world

43
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machine which postulates that the whole reality could be comprehended by understanding its parts

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reductionism

44
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this represents philosophy

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holism

45
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this reflects the particular point of view commonly followed by the hard sciences

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reductionism

46
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considers all circumstances related to a particular condition

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holistic POV

47
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considers only a limited number of circumstances related to the present condition

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particular POV

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develops an overview of the present condition

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holistic POV

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develops a limited view of the present condition

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particular POV

50
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acts based on overall understanding

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holistic POV

51
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acts based on limited understanding

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particular POV

52
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discipline that provides the human person a holistic perspective

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philosophy

53
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key instrument in looking and understanding things and situations in the world

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philosophy

54
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considered invaluable in obtaining an overview on life as it provides a holistic perspective

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philosophy

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