Key words and terms Flashcards
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A priori
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Based on reasoning and logic
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A posteriori
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Based on observations and senses
3
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Ideals
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The perfect forms of everything that is known (world of the forms)
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Dualism
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There are 2 types of reality: the physical world that we live in and the one of the soul, or the world of forms
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Empiricism
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Based on observations and the senses- a posteriori knowledge
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Telos
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The final goal or purpose of something eg a hammer was made for putting nails in a wall
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Form of the good
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The highest form in the world of forms. It is the source that sustains everything else. Link to the analogy of the sun
