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Philosophy Flashcards

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4 Divisions of Greek Philosophy

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-Naturalistic, -Metaphysical, -Ethical, -Religion

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Branches of Philosophy (6)

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-Metaphysics, -Epistemology, -Logic,
-Ethics, -Aesthetic, -Political Philosophy

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A philosophical branch that studies reality, existence, the nature of being, the physical world and the universe.

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Metaphysics

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A branch of philosophy that delves into the ways we acquire, the scope and parameters, of knowledge; the theory of knowledge.

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Epistemology

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A branch of philosophy that teaches how to conduct: valid, good, and bad reasoning; the study of reason.

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Logic

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A branch of philosophy that seeks the definition of proper conduct and a good life, how should we live; study of morality.

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Ethics

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A branch of philosophy that studies art, beauty, and good taste.

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Aesthetic

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A branch of philosophy that examines concepts related to politics, laws, liberty, justice, rights, authorities, states and ethics.

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Political Philosophy

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The first philosopher, founder of Milesian.

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Thales of Miletus

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The unifying principle of the universe

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Arche

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He believes the ultimate composition of the of all things is water.

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Thales of Miletus

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Student of Thales, the first metaphysicist, believes the unifying element is Apeiron not water.

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Anaximander

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Student of Anaximander, believes everything came from air.

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Anaximenes

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He is from Samos, he believes that the totality of reality can be explained by mathematical laws.

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Phythagoras

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He criticized Homer and Hesiod, anti-anthropomorphic.

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Xenophanes

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He believed fire is the single original element, he’s enigmatic and dark.

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Heraclitus

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16
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Means that: everything that exist is based on a higher power or plan.

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Logos

17
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He believed that empty space or Arche is nothing, and that it is impossible to create concept if it is nothing.

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Parmenides

18
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He studies philosophy of paradox, and the paradox of motion; a defender of Parmenides, believes that time and motion is an illusion.

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Zeno of Elea

19
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Everything is composed of air, water, earth and fire. (Avatar)

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Four Roots

20
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He proposed four roots along with the two principles of Love and Strife (or Hate).

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Empedocles

21
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The first philosopher connected to Athens, he replaced the four roots into infinite seeds.

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Anaxagoras

22
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For everything that exists there is a seed of everything else, thought by Anaxagoras.

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Infinite Seeds

23
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He is the Atomist, he contradicted Parmenides that empty space of Arche is real and has motion; he thinks things are made up of Atomos.

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Democritus

24
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Means indivisible in Greek.

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Atomos

25
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A philosophical belief that we are responsible for creating meaning in life.

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Existentialism

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A vision of reality that focuses and emphasizes the universe or nature being the central aspect of existence.

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Cosmocentric

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A vision of reality the focuses and emphasizes on humans being the central aspect of existence.

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Anthropocentric

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A belief that God is the central aspect of existence.

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Theocentric

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A division of philosophy that studies the nature of religion, theories of salvation, and concept of god/gods and/or the divine.

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Religion or Religious

30
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An argumentative dialogue, characteristics:
No correct “answer”,
Ask more questions than answers.

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Socratic Method

31
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“multiple realities”, there is many truths about the world.

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Pluralism / Pluralist

32
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“one reality”, there is a consistent and one material that made the world.

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Monism / Monist

33
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Physical desires, pleasure, and pains.

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Appetitive

34
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The belief that the world is in complete order and unity that any change, motion or decay is seen as an illusion.

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Eleatic

35
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The logic of Thales.

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Mist-> Water-> Mud-> Dirt

36
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Plato believed that there are 5 types of matter these are:

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Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Cosmos

37
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Plato’s Triparte Soul:

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Brain - rational and logical
Heart - spirited
Stomach - appetine

38
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Types of Friends:

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Utility, Pleasure, Virtue

39
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Aristotle’s 4 Doctrine Causes

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Material? Who/How made this? It’s Essence? Why does it exist?

40
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A philosopher that created the Triparte Soul along with the Principles of Love and Hate

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Plato, student of Socrates

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