Intro Flashcards

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what is the conception of life

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  • inherited religious and ethical conceptions
  • scientific theories
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what is philosophy

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it consists of speculations on matters as to which definite knowledge has so far been unascertainable

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what does the term philosophy mean

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love of wisdom

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what does philosoph use

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it uses reason, sense of perception and imagination in its activity of analyzing and constructing arguments and theories

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what are the major areas of philosophy

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  1. metaphysics
  2. epistemology
  3. axiology
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what is metaphysics

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metaphysics is the attempt to say what reality is

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what is epistemology

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the nature , origin, scope , possibility and limit of human knowledge
3 main questions

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what is axiology

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its the study of value or worth

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what is logic

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a way of articulating more clearly the reasoning that we ordinarily do when we tell someone why we believe something.
it studies propositions and their use in arguments

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what are the sub branches of axiology

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  • ethics
    -aesthetics
    -political philosophy
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