philosophy Flashcards
philosophy comes from two greek words:?
philo and sophia
philo meaning
to love
sophia meaning
wisdom
philosophy originally meant?
love of wisdom
goal of philosophy?
wisdom
the mother discipline out of which the other sciences emerge
philosophy
philosophy latin
philosophia
philosophy way of thinking 4 Rs:
responsiveness, reflection, reason and re evaluation
three branches of philosophy
natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and metaphysical philosophy
two famous ancient greek philosophers
plato and socrates
principles of philosophy
principle of identity, non contradiction, excluded middle, and sufficient reason
two types of thinking used in philosophy
holistic and partial thinking
refers to a perspective that considers large scale patterns in systems
holistic thinking
focuses on specific aspects of a situation
partial thinking
branches of philosophy (5)
ethics, methaphysics, logic, aesthetics, and epistemology
deals with beautiful manifestation
aesthetics
study of nature moral judgements
ethics
deals with nature, sources, limitations, etc
epistemology
means treatise on matters pertaining to the human reasoning
logic
extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to know what is real
metaphysics
is the difference that makes each person unique
diversity
examples of hard sciences
physics, chemistry, and biology
example of soft sciences
sociology, psychology, and political science
nature of things would be labeled as?
phusis or nature
any investigation regarding the nature of things in general falls under?
phusis
is a central element in the intellectual history of many civilizations
philosophical inquiry
requires a person to be willing to examine ones thoughts feelings and actions
reflection
special branches of philosophy
philosophy of science, state, politics, mathematics, education, law, language
allows you an opportunity to think more deeply about your action, motivation for doing such action and even its possible consequences.
reflection
studied aspects of the natural and human world
early greek philosophers
separate sciences
astronomy, physics, psychology and sociology
