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Final: metaphysical concepts Flashcards

1
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What are philosophy’s main areas?

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METAPHYSICS, ethics, epistemology, logic, aesthetics

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Ontology

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nature of being or reality

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Cosmology

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origin and structure of the universe

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teleology

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study of first causes

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Metaphysical doctrines

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materialism, idealism, dualism

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What are the two types of dualism?

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Property dualism and substance dualism

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materialism/ physicalism metaphysical statement

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“only matter, never mind”

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idealism metaphysical statement

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“only mind, never matter”

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Property dualism metaphysical statement

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“mind from matter”

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substance dualism metaphysical statement

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“mind in matter”

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mind/body or dualistic interactionism metaphysical statement

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“mind and matter”

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What did BJ Palmer term the mind/ body dilemma?

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the “great divide”

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What did BJ Palmer say about the chiropractic Triune of Life?

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that it “bridged the great divide”:

  1. intelligence provides the form
  2. matter/ energy (material) expresses the form
  3. force links intelligence with matter
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14
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What is true of Traditional chiropractic?

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traditional chiropractic philosophy embraces a form of dualism - more precisely- dualistic interactionism

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Materialism is all about

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Matter

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16
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Materialism AKA

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Physicalism

17
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Mind/spirit/soul is an aspect of or function of the brain/body is part of which doctrine

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Materialism

18
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Which metaphysical doctrine can become dogma-scientific

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Materialism

19
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Mind/spirit is reality, but immaterial in nature is part of which doctrine

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Idealism

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Idealism believes that objects of perception are only ____ of perceiving mind

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Ideas

21
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Idealism believes that matter is

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A creation of mind

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Dualism is attributed to

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Descartes

23
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Dualism believes that reality has these two elements and functions on these two levels

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Mind and matter

Mental and physical

24
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Materialistic metaphysics tended to lead to

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Property dualism

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Property dualism believes that mind is

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A property of the body

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In property dualism, mind does not cause bodily activities but is

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An effect of them

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Property dualism: mind is to the body as

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Smoke is to fire

Body dies, mind ceases to exist

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Idealistic metaphysics tended to lead to

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Substance dualism

29
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Substance dualism believes that mind is

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A real substance which can cause things to happen

30
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Substance dualism believes that mind can

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Exist independent of the body

31
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Substance dualism tends to support a

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Thiestic view

32
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Thiestic view that substance dualism supports

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Mind becomes equated with soul or spirit

33
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Healing methods derived from philosophy

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Philosophy — paradigm — attitudes — approach — practice

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