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FOUR METAPHYSICAL THESIS Flashcards

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this is for us to have positionality and to simplify that positionality

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philosophical labels

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unitaryness/ultimateness

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metaphysical absolutism/monism

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there is only one AT; reality is undivided; reality is not affected by diversity

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metaphysical absolutism/monism

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“Truth is truth in all possible worlds”

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Friedrich Wilhelm Leibniz

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proofs of metaphysical absolutism/monism

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  1. metaphysical proof
  2. mathematical proof
  3. scientific proof
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the external world aren’t affected by our description of it

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metaphysical proof

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exacting and exact

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mathematical proof

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normative/static understanding of the cosmos

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scientific proof

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examples of scientific proof

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schrodinger’s car or atomic level/naked eye analysis or Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

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examples of mathematical proof

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geometric truths

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critiques absolutism as tunnel vision

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metaphysical pluralism

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contextualized truths

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metaphysical pluralism

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two schools of thought within pluralism

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  1. anthropological relativism/sociocultural relativism
  2. metaphysical constructivism
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society has its own set of truths that fit their contextualized situation

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anthropological relativism/sociocultural relativism

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falsity happens when

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we impose our own truths or we judge them using our own truth

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examples of anthropological relativism/sociocultural relativism

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the polygamy of the muslims, suttee of india, and female circumcision

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this is the practice in india where they burn the widow along with the dead husband

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suttee

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canonized truths/paradigm specific

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  1. geographical peculiarity
  2. exigencies
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relative truths of culture

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ethnical relativism

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examples of psychological constructivism

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gestalt psychology, magical thinking, coping mechanism, placebo effect, Rorschach inkblot

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Kantian Division of Metaphysical Cosmos

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Noumenon/Noumenal World and Phenomenon/Phenomenal World

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the virtual world between noumenon and phenomenon

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paradigmatic world

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parable of the peeled onion

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we lose the truth by searching for it

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when our attitude changes, the world changes, our life also changes

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paradigm shift

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six principles of buddhism

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anitya, anatta, patica samupada, sunyata zero, dukkha, nirvana

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carmic affinity

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samhanda

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there is no reality; only perspectives and opinions

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metaphysical nihilism

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other terms for metaphysical nihilism

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extreme perspectivism/ radical perspectivism/ absolute perspectivism

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