Modern Philosophy Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 branches of philosophy?
A
Aesthetics, Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Logic
2
Q
Aesthetics
A
The study of beauty
3
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Epistemology
A
The study of knowledge
4
Q
Ethics
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The study of morality
5
Q
Logic
A
The study of arguments and validity
6
Q
Metaphysics
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The study of reality
7
Q
Skepticism
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The view that we can never know how things really are
8
Q
What are the Associations of Ideas?
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- Resemblance
- Contiguity
- Cause and Effect
9
Q
The Problem of Induction
A
We can never prove that the future will resemble the past
10
Q
Determinism
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The view that every event has causes that ensure that it must occur
11
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Phenomena
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Everything that appears to is and that we can know
12
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Noumena
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The world as it still exists in itself or beyond our categories and perceptions
