Philosophy Flashcards

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Myth

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An ancient story often involving gods

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Philosophy

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Use of reason to investigate questions of knowledge, existence and ethics

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Reason

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Ability to use logic to solve problems

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Thales

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Thales of miletus is often regarded as the first philosophy

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Ethics

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How humans should live and which actions are morally right or wrong

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Logic

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Create rules for making good judgement

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Epistemology

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Knowledge and where knowledge comes from

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Political philosophy

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Government politics and laws

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Aesthetics

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The nature of art and beauty

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Metaphysics

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The nature and existence of things

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Democracy

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Where common people hold power

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Justice

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Fairness in the way people are dealt with

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Good/evil

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Good is morally right or beneficial
Ev8l harmful wicked or morally wrong

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Socrates

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Claimed that the unexamined life is not worth living

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Allegory

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A story which contains a hidden meaning

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The forms

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For plato, perfect and eternal patterns which are reflected in real world objects

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Sense experience

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The information and experiences gained through our sense

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Plato

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He believed that the things we see around us is distorted

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Art

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Expression of hunan creativity, such as painting, music film

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Censorship

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Suppressing or restricting free speech or access to material

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Human rights

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Basic entitlements and freedoms owed to all human beings

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Citzen

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Someone who lives in a state and who has rights not given to a non citizen

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Demagogue

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A politicians who appeals to people’s emotion and make false promises to win

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Government

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The system by which a state is controlled ir the group that controls a state

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Friendship
Aristototle reciprocated good will between two people
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Utility
Useful
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Vietuous
Morally gois
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Monarchy
One wise person governs in the instrest of the whole community
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Tyranny
An evil person has absolute power and rules for their own benefits
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Aristocracy
A small group of outstanding people gov3rns for the common group
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Oilgarchy
A group of wealthy people govern in their own intrests
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Polity
Where a large group of virtuous citizens govern
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Demo cracy
Where common people hold power
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Pleasure
Based upon two people finding enjoyment in the same things
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True
Based upon the character of the friends when each has virtues that the other asmires