Philosophy

Question 1

Knowledge comes from pure reason

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Rationalism

Question 2

“ratio” means?

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reason

Question 3

Stresses the fundamental role of experience and as a doctorine in epistemology it holds that all knowledge about the world is ultimately.

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Empiricism

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A french philosopher in 17th century movement

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Rene Descartes

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Year century that movement is source of knowledge

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17th Century

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I thnk, Therefore, I am

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Cogito Ergo Sum

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To attain certainty, he chose the way of doubt

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Rene Descartes

Question 8

He wrote a series of essays, the meditations, generally considered to be the foundation of modern Philosophy.

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Rene Descartes

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Highlights the role of a priori knowledge to arrive at substantial truths.

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Rationalism

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He argues that reason alone, unaided by experience can arrive at clear and distinct basic truths about the world.

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Rene Descartes

Question 11

This are very important in his ideas of Rationalism

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Innate Ideas

Question 12

A European philosopher lead to his important works in his essay concerning Human understanding, he attacked innate ideas.

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John Locke

Question 13

All our knowledge is founded

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Empiricism

Question 14

“The mind is blank tablet, thus knowledge comes from experience.”

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John Locke

Question 15

“Does all truth depend on our experience? The senses never give us anything but examples, they are necessary truths does not depend on examples. “

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Rene Descartes

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Defined as a formal expression of judgement of an individual about a particular manner.

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Opinions

Question 17

True because of our experience

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Empirical Truth

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From the Greek word “empeiria” which means _________.

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experience

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Greek word of experience is

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Empeiria

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Opposite of Empirical Truth

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Necessary Truth

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We can always imagine what it would be for a empirical truth not to be true.

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Necessary Truth

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It can be said to be true accordingly, prior to experience, or in Latin a priori.

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Necessary Truth

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Some philosophers believe that we had innate knowledge.

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Necessary Truth

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From the Latin word, “______” -deceive

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Fallere

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May appear convincing and may sometimes be cloaked to be true but it examined closely, it is not.

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Fallacies

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What are the 2 types of fallacies ?

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1. Verbal Fallacies 2. Non-Verbal Fallacies

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Due to misuse of a word or phrase which hides the real intent of the argument.

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Verbal Fallacies

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Due to psychological reasons or the arguer making an unjustified assumption.

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Non-Verbal Fallacies

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An inference that is valid because of its dependence on an ambiguous word or phrase.

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Equivocation

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An invalid inference from the nature of the whole to nature of the parts, or from the nature of the group to the nature of the members.

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Division

Question 31

It happens when the syllogism makes use of sentence structures having the same or similar form, from which a conclusion is derived hastily.

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Figure of speech

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Is the fallacy that equates or confuses substance with accident. This fallacy is committed when the general rule is used to exceptional cases to which the general should not apply.

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Accident

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Consists in illegitimately assuming that one possible cause of phenomenon is a cause although reasons are lacking for excluding other possible causes.

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False cause

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Many superstitious beliefs are fallacies of this type.

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False Cause

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This fallacy does is instead of providing a rational critique of an argument, it directly attacks the person who advances the argument.

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Argumentum ad Hominem

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The attempt to persuade a person (or group) by appealing to the desire to be accepted or valued by others.

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Argumentum ad Populum

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The attempt to support a conclusion merely by avoking pity in one's audience when the statements that evoke the pity are logically unrelated to the conclusion.

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Argumentum ad Misericordiam

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The attempt to defend a conclusion by threatening the well-being of those who do not accept it.

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Argumentum ad Baculum

Question 39

Who contributed the contribution of philosophy?

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Thales

Question 40

What is the greatest question on the discovery of philosophy?

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What is the ultimate stuff in the universe?

Question 41

Who told the greatest philosopher that life is suffering, has a process, and has an end?

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Guatama Buddha

Question 42

Who is the Father of Western philosophy?

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Thales

Question 43

Three philosophical activities on the origin of philosophy?

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1. Widest Generalization 2. Fundamentals 3. Desire to integrate things into one coherent whole

Question 44

What does Thales want to deduce multiplicity to unity?

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Water