Period In The History Of Philosophy Flashcards
Its uses Cosmocentric as an Approach
Ancient
What is the nature of inquiry in the Ancient period?
Questions were on the nature of the physical universe
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Presocratics- Cosmology
Socrates- Wisdom as Virtue
Plato- Idealism
Aristotle- Conceptualism
What is the period next to Ancient?
Medieval
What approach did the Medieval period uses?
Theocentric
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St. Anselm- Ontological Approach
St. Thomas Aquinas- Cosmological and Teleological
What is the name of the third period?
Modern
What approach does Modern period uses?
Anthropocentric
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Descartes- Rationalism
Hume- Empiricism
Kant
The last period in the history of philosophy
Contemporary
What does contemporary period uses as an approach?
Existential Phenomenology
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Subjectivity-Objectivity
Existential Thought
Social Philosophy
Post Modern
What were the question on the Medieval period?
Questions were on the nature of the one Supreme Being
What were the question on the Modern period?
Questions were on the extent of the power of reason
What were the question on the Contemporary period?
Questions were on the meaning of life