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Philosophical enterprise Flashcards

1
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from which greek words does philosophy come from

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Philein & Sophia

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philein & sophia mean what

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love & wisdom

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these are true lovers of wisdom

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philosophers

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4
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philosophers goal is to be come ______

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wise

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to be wise is to know the _____

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truth

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their activity is always in pursuit of ______

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wisdom

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7
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philosophers are not easily ______

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deceived

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is a way of looking at the world and giving it meaning; it can provide a high quality of method of examining our beliefs

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philosophy

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3 greek philosophers

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socrates, plato, aristotle

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these three prominent names of western tradition introduced intricate ideas concerning the:

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  • rational capabilities of man
  • how these capacities can be used and developed
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11
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the recognition that a human person is a thinking being fundamentally supports the idea that we all have the freedom to ___________

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explore the world

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he was short, thick-set, and ugly; his clothes were old and poor, which showed that he cared little or nothing for external appearances

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socrates

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his philosophy emanated from his way of life, that was not concerned about wealth and worldly goods

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socrates

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his way of doing philosophy was by making dialogues with various people; thus, he would spend most of his time in the marketplace and talk to the people from different walks of life

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socratic elenchus

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socrated coined the line ________

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an examined life is not worth living

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one of the students who gathered around socrates

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plato

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explains the two worlds of plato, the real world and the unreal; an example of this is, the digital world as the ‘unreal world’, while the actual world is the ‘real world’

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allegory of the cave

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plato’s way of doing philosophy

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sought to solve the question of the real and unreal; in other words, it seeks the truth

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for plato, the ______ is often forgotten at birth

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truth

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20
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he studied under plato

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aristotle

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he maintained that things can be known and proven using the senses and the faculty of reason

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aristotle

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aristotle put forward the notion that the forms have two categories:

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  • substance
  • accidents
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needs another thing to exist

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accidents

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can subsist on its own

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substance

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aristotle introduced his ideas about __________ or things that can be achieved and proven by using the senses

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empirical evidence

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known for the quote ‘nothing is in intellect that was not first in the senses’, thus by using one’s senses, one can gain knowledge

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St. thomas aquinas

27
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socrates, plato, and aristotle believed that

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all human beings are endowed with reason

28
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a type of philosophy centered on finding answers to the question ‘who and what am i?’

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eastern philosophy

29
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for them, philosophy and religion are intimately connected

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eastern philosophy

30
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the goal of their respective philosophical enterprise is not only to understand human nature, but most importantly, to practice how to truly live as a ______________

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human person

31
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made confucianism

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confucius

32
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confucianism attempts to craft a philosophy of ________

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peace

33
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he believed that if a leader sets a good example to his constituents, to his family, and people with whom he would have a relationship, they, in turn will do the same

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confucius

34
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is it considered as a social philosophy that is grounded on assumption that proper social and political behavior is cultivated in the family

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confucianism

35
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for him, the love and relatioship with one’s family are ________

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paramount

36
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confucianism has similarities with the filipino’s concept and experience of ________

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family

37
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confucius had these same thoughts with the aim of promoting a certain ___________

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societal order

38
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also known as the historical buddha

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siddharta gautama

39
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is anchored on the idea that human person lives in suffering and that he should overcome this

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buddhism

40
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this _________ refers to the deep dissatisfaction that pervades human experience, and thirst for endless desires

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suffering

41
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four noble truths taught by buddhism:

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  • human life is pervaded by suffering
  • suffering is a result of craving
  • state of freedom from suffering
  • any one can attain nirvana by following the eightfold path
42
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state of freedom from suffering that we can attain by realizing that we are not selves, thus abandoning craving

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nirvana

43
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eightfold path:

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  • right view
  • right resolve
  • right speech
  • right action
  • right livelihood
  • right effort
  • right mindfulness
  • right concentration
44
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it consists of knowing the noble truths and buddha’s teaching as a whole

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right view

45
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it consists of the intention to renounce sexual drive and the intention of non-ill-will, and non-cruelty

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right resolve

46
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it involves not engaging in speech that is false, malicious, or idle

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right speech

47
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it means not killing living beings, not taking what is not given, and avoiding misconduct in sexual pleasures

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right actions

48
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it consists of the resolve not to earn one’s living in a way that violates ethical code

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right livelihood

49
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it means eliminating and preventing unwholesome states and develop meditative practice

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right effort

50
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it includes various contemplations of the body, feelings, and mind

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right mindfulness

51
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it means the attainment of progressively higher mental states

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right concentration

52
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buddhism is neither ________ nor _______, but rather realistic

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optimistic, pessimistic

53
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buddhism teaches that we can attain freedom from suffering through total ________

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non-attachment

54
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responds to the question ‘who am i’; this question goes into the deeper meaning of the self

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indian philosophy

55
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indian philosophy is essentially _________; it is said that the human person is conceived as spiritual in nature

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spiritual

56
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indian philosophy promotes ________ approach to reality

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reflective

57
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the common theme of all schools of indian philosophy is to “___________”

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see the self

58
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indian philosophy reminds us that the physical world is not as important as ___________________

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knowing the inner self

59
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the brand of philosophizing in indian philosophy, making it an essential enterprise, is fundamentally centered on ______________

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the notion of the self

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