Philosophy Flashcards
What is a priori
Prior knowledge
Don’t need to experience
What is a posteriori
We must experience something in order to understand it
What is rationalism
Suspicion of our immediate senses - what makes something something
What can be said about an unexamined life
Not worth living - pointless to never examine/question things
What should an individual be a master of
Their own self and their thoughts
What did Socrates want
A well ordered society allowing for open minds and new ideas
What is rational knowledge (a priori)
Using reason
What is empirical knowledge (a posteriori)
Based on experience
What does epistemology mean
Understanding/theory of knowledge
What is the to theory of the forms
What we see isn’t real
There is a higher place with perfect forms
What is potentiality
The possibility of doing or becoming something
What is actuality
When potential is achieved
What are the four causes of existence
Material - what it’s made from
Efficient - the way it was created
Formal - characteristics
Final - aim
Who was Aristotle’s teacher
Plato
How did Aristotle believe we gained knowledge
From senses and experience - posteriori
