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philosophers Flashcards

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“father of logic”
humans = rational animals
student of plato
metaphysics, biology, ethics

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aristotle

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father of western philosophy
argumentative dialogue for critical thinking
foundation for modern logic and ethics

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socrates

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student of socrates; teacher of aristotle
academy of athens
The Republic

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plato (427-347 BCE)

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father of modern philosophy
concept of doubt
“Cogito, orgo sum”

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rene descartes (1506-1650)

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central figure in modern philosophy
rationalism and empiricism

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immanuel kant (1724-1804)

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who contributed the “metaphysics”

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aristotle

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“critique of pure reason”

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immanuel kant

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“meditations on first philosophy”

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rene descartes

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“republic”

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plato

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“a treatise of human nature”

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David Hume

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“Nicomachean ethics”

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aristotle

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“grounding for the metaphysics morals”

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immanuel kant

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utilitarianism

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john stuart mill

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“the ethics of ambiguity”

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simone de beauvoir

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“Existentialism and Humanism”

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jean-paul sartre

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“the republic”

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plato

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“politics”

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aristotle

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“leviathan

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thomas hobbes

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“two treatises of govt”

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john locke

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the social contract

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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a theory of justice

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john rawls

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power/knowledge

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michel foucault

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the human condition

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hannah arendt

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“poetics” “rhetoric”

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aristotle

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critique of judgment

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immanuel kant

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the birth of tragedy

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friedrich nietzche

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art as experience

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john dewey

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the origin of the work of art

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martin heidegger

[G11] philosophy (3 decks)

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