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Philosophy II Epistemology/ Principles Flashcards

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Epistemology

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Criteria in which truth is determined

How we know what we know

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Custom

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People act, think or behave in certain ways because “everyone does it”
Problem is if truth can change from country to country is it really a truth?

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Tradition

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Simply a custom that has been held for a long time
Traditional chiropractors used their hands only not because its straight but because they believe they are treating disease or cause by adjusting the spine

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Time

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It’s been done this way for as long as I can remember

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Emotions or feelings

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It feels right therefore it is
Emotions change which means the truth would change which it wouldn’t
They cloud our thinking

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Instinct

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I’ll-defined vague method of perception
Normally requires some previous knowledge
Examples are hunger and thirst. They tell us we need something but not what’s safe to eat or drink

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Intuition or hunch

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Claims knowledge of truth from and unknown source
Can’t explain why they know it- they just do!
Purely subjective

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Revelation

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Claims knowledge from a known source- typically a deity

There is no way to verify the information

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Majority rule

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Most of us think its true, therefore it is.
Flat earth, earth is center of universe
Election process, best president has the majority vote

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Consensus Gentium

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Unanimous opinion of a group, usually involves compromise
Jury makes decision in trial
Similar to majority rule

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Realism

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Things are in reality as the senses depict them

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Authority

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Accepting as facts the statements, ideas, or opinions of the highly trained or highly respected people.

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Transferred authority

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Someone who is an authority in one field and is accepted as an authority in another field
I.e. stars- actors, athletes

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Pragmatism

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If it works its true

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Loose consistency

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Takes non related statements as true if they don’t contradict one another

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Coherence

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Systematic explanation of all the facts

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Rigorous consistency

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Deductive in nature and no new information can be produced

Like mathematics

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The Major Premise

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Universal Intelligence is in all matter and continually gives to it all it’s properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence

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The Chiropractic Meaning of Life

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Principle #2

The expression of this intelligence through matter is the chiropractic meaning of life.

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The Union of Intelligence and Matter

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Principle #3

Life is necessarily the union of intelligence and matter

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The Triune of Life

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Principle #4

Life is a trinity having three necessary united factors, namely, Intelligence and Matter

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The Perfection of the Triune

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Principle #5

In order to have 100% life, there must be 100% Intelligence, 100% Force, 100% matter

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The Principle of Time

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Principle #6

There is no process that does not require time

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The Amount of Intelligence in Matter

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Principle #7

The amount of intelligence for any given amount of matter is 100%, and is always proportional to its requirements

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Principle #8

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The Function of Intelligence

The Function of Intelligence is to create force

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Principle #9

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The Amount of Force Created by Intelligence

The amount of force created by intelligence is always 100%

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Principle #10

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The Function of Force

The function of force is to unite intelligence and matter

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Principle #11

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The Character of Universal Forces
The forces of Universal Intelligence are manifested by physical laws; are unswerving and unadapted, and have no solicitude for the structures in which they work

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Principle #12

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Interference with Transmission of Universal Forces

There can be interference with transmission of universal forces

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Principle #13

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The Function of Matter

The function of matter is to express force

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Principle #14

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Universal Life

Force is manifested by motion in matter; all matter has motion, therefore this is universal life in all matter

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Principle #15

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No Motion without the Effort of Force

Matter can have no motion without the application of force by intelligence

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Principle #16

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Intelligence in both Organic and Inorganic Matter

Universal Intelligence gives force to both organic and inorganic matter

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Principle #17

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Cause and Effect

Every effect has a cause and every cause has effects

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Principle #18

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Evidence of Life

The signs of life are evidence of intelligence of life

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Principle #19

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Organic Matter

The material of the body of a “living thing” is organized matter

37
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What are the essential motions of a thing?

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It’s properties

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Principle #20

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Innate Intelligence

A “living thing” has an inborn intelligence with its body, called Innate Intelligence

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What are the non-essential motions of a thing?

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Actions

39
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What does the Triune of life include?

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Intelligence
Force
Matter

40
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According to the 3rd principle life is the union of what two things?

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Intelligence and matter

41
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What acts upon an object to get it moving or change its shape?

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Forces

42
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Everything in the universe has….

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Purpose

43
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What is something’s purpose?

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To function

44
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What is the purpose of intelligence?

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To think

45
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Force

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Unite intelligence and matter
It is equivalent to energy in physics
It is the thought out into action

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