Intro to Philosophy Flashcards

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Philosophical study on the correct process of thinking

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Logic

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Greek word which means “The formal systematic study of the principles of valid interference and correct reasoning”.

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Logiké

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3
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How knowledge relates to truth, belief, and justification.

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Epistemology

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4
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The means of production of knowledge.

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Epistemology

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5
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Investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science.

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Metaphysics

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6
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Traditional Branches of Metaphysics

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Ontology and Cosmology

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7
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Philosophical study on the morality of human actions.

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Ethics

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Study of the universe in its totality, and by extension, humanity’s place in it.

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Cosmology

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9
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Philosophical study of the nature of being.

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Ontology

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Deals with questions concerning what entities exists.

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Ontology

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11
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Take the broadest possible perspective on a subject of inquiry.

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Philosophy as a Speculative Thinking

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12
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To judge; to analyze.

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Philosophy as Critical Thinking

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A systematic, rigorous, disciplined thinking that involves being part of and experiencing the world.

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Philosophy as Reflective Inquiry

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14
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“The whole universe is composed of different forms of water.”

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Thales

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15
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“The whole universe is composed of air.”

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Anaximenes

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16
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“The whole universe is composed of fire.”

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Heraclitus

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17
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“The whole universe is composed of the infinite or boundless.”

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Anaximander

18
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Enquiry inti the nature of existence, being and the world.

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Metaphysics

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All things are composed of materials.

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Materialists

20
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The essence of the universe could be encountered through the study of mathematics.

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Pythagoras

21
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3 Aspects of the Human Nature

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Somatc, Behavioral, Attitudinal

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The body. The material composition and the substance.

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Somatic

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A person’s mode of acting.

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Behavioral

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A person’s feelings, inclinations, convictions, prejudices or bias, or disposition towards a certain type of activity.

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Attitudinal

25
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According to him, a human person has an immortal soul that has the capacity to have motion coming from the inside.

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Plato

26
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A human person has an immortal soul that has the capacity to have motion coming from the inside. It is immortal.

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The Human Person as an Immortal Soul

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According to him, the body is composed of matter, shape or form and the product of both.

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Aristotle

28
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The body is composed of matter, shape or form and the product of both.

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The Human Person as a Composite Body and Soul

29
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He said that the nature of a human person is pure mind.

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René Descartes

30
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The nature of a human person is pure mind.

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The Human Being is a “Thinking Thing”

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It is made up of a human’s biological, psychological, and rational powers.

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Human Nature

32
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The awareness that reality is a process, moving with direction and purpose, and within this movement each movement is connected by the process of goal, so it is perfect.

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Cosmic Perfection

33
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Being-in-itself

Being-for-itself

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The Human Being has a Consciousness

34
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It is the inevitable positive or negative events of existence as a human being. The human person realizes how it is to be human.

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Human Condition

35
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Human person has free will that he can see in order to make his existence become authentic.

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Existentialism

36
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Cosmocentric

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Ancient Philosophy

37
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Beginning of Everything

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Ancient Philosophy

38
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Thales, Pythagoras, Democritus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

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Ancient Philosophy

39
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The study of the existence, nature, and essence of God.

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Theocentric (Medieval Philosophy)

40
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The existence of evil and the immortality of the soul.

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Ethical (Medieval Philosophy)

41
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The study of man in relation to himself, others, nature, and God.

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Anthropocentric (Modern Philosophy)

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It has no center.

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Explosive (Contemporary Philosophy)