METHODS OF SCIENCE Flashcards
A WAY TO PROCEED IN DOING SOMETHING. IT IS SAID TO BE SUITABLE WHEN IT YIELDS POSITIVE RESULTS.
METHOD
A WAY OF PROCEDURE FROM THE KNOWN TO UNKNOWN, FROM A GIVEN STARTING POINT TO FINAL PROPOSITIONS IN A DETERMINED FIELD OF KNOWLEDGE.
METHOD IN SCIENCE
DEPEND ON MATTER FOR THEIR BEING AND FOR THEIR BEING UNDERSTOOD; ANYTHING THOSE DEFINITION CONTAINS SENSIBLE MATTER
MOBILE BEINGS
DEPEND ON MATTER FOR THEIR BEING BUT NOT FOR THEIR BEING UNDERSTOOD; SENSIBLE MATTER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR DEFINITION
MATHEMATICAL BEINGS
BEING THAT CAN EXIST WITHOUT MATTER
METAPHYSICAL BEINGS
EXAMPLES OF MOBILE BEINGS
HUMANS, ANIMALS
EXAMPLES OF MATHEMATICAL BEINGS
LINES, NUMBERS
EXAMPLES OF METAPHYSICAL BEINGS
ANGELS, SOUL
REFERS TO THINGS THAT THE SCIENCE COVERS IN ITS STUDY
MATERIAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
EXAMPLE OF MATERIAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
NUMBERS IN ARITHMETIC
REFERS TO THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF ITS STUDY
FORMAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
EXAMPLE OF FORMAL OBJECT OF A SCIENCE
FOUR OPERATIONS OF FUNCTIONS OF NUMBERS
CHARACTERISTIC OF NATURAL SCIENCE; RATIONABILITER
MODE OF REASON
METHOD OF MATHEMATICS; DISCIPLINABILITER
MODE OF LEARNING
TO RECEIVE LEARNING FROM ANOTHER
DISCERE
METHOD OF DIVINE SCIENCE OR FIRST PHILOSOPHY; INTELLECTUALITER; PROCEEDS ACCORDING TO THE MODE OF INTELLECT; CAN KNOW SEPARATED INTELLIGENCE SUCH AS NATURE OF SUBSTANCE, POTENCY, ACT
MODE OF UNDERSTANDING
CONSIDERS MULTIPLICITY; REASON MOVING FROM MANY TO ONE
WAY OF REASON
CONSIDERS UNITY; INTELLECT COMPREHENDS MANY THINGS IN ONE
WAY OF INTELLECT
2 WAYS TO TRUTH
ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
BREAK DOWN STATEMENTS TO SIMPLER ONES
ANALYSIS
START WITH SIMPLE DETAILS, COMBINE TO FORM MORE COMPLEX IDEAS
SYNTHESIS
WHAT ARE THE FIVE PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD?
PROOF FROM MOTION, PROOF BY EFFICIENT CAUSE, PROOF FROM NECESSARY BEING, PROOF FROM DEGREE OF BEING, PROOF FROM THE FINAL CAUSE
BEGINS WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF MORAL ARGUMENT IN OUR CULTURE
ARGUMENT OF AFTER VIRTUE
ASSERTS THAT THERE IS NO VALID JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY CLAIMS THAT OBJECTIVE AND IMPERSONAL STANDARDS EXIST AND HENCE, THERE ARE NO STANDARDS
EMOTIVISM
HOW MANY QUESTIONS IN SUMMA CONTRA GENTILES?
614
THE QUESTIONS ARE SUBDIVIDED INTO HOW MANY ARTICLES?
3,125 ARTICLES
THE SUMMA IS DIVIDED INTO HOW MANY PARTS?
THREE
WHAT ARE THE BASIC PARTS OF THE SUMMA?
QUESTIONS, OBJECTIONS, ON THE CONTRARY, I RESPOND THAT, REPLIES TO THE OBJECTIONS
