DOING PHILOSOPHY Flashcards
Branches and Principles of Philosophy
Holistic perspective from partial PoV
Philosophy
Philosophy starts with ___
Wonder
A person who is a lover of wisdom
Philosopher
study of reality and existence, concerned with fundamental nature of ultimate reality
Metaphysics
Beyond physical and natural
Metaphysics
Nature and foundations of knowledge
Epistemology
Normative questions: which is morally right? Good and evil: morality
Ethics
study of art and beauty
Aesthetics
Government, institutions, and politics
Political Philosophy
Whatever is; Whatever is not, is not
Principle of Identity
Impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time
Principle of Noncontradiction
Thing is either is/is not. No middle ground possible
Principle of Excluded Middle
has limits and theories
Science
Unaided reason -Existence, purpose
Natural light of reason
Not 1 dimensional/partial. Distinct from other sciences
Study of all things