Philosophy of the Human Person

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philosophy begins with a sense of wonder

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philosophy of the human person

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interested in the nature of the cosmos

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early Greek philosophers

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focused on God

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Medieval philosophers

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studies the human beings

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Renaissance and Reformation, along with the work of Descartes

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who attempted to understand the human person

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Socrates and other thinkers

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what happened when there is a rise of the experimental sciences

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the human person becomes the primary and exclusive object

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how to understand the philosophy of the human person

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attempt to unify different ways of understanding human nature

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methods in philosophy

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phenomenology and existentialism

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methodical reflection on human experience as well as from the philosopher’s own personal experience

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phenomenology

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first-person perspective

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phenomenology

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concerned with interpersonal relationships and the dynamics of those relationships

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Existentialism

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what does the study of human beings interprets?

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it interprets the data of experience in the light of metaphysical principles

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everyday experience and confirmed by experimental sciences

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data of experience

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supplied by ontology or metaphysics

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metaphysical principles

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what is the goal of the philosophy of the human person

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respond to issues

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Humans are meant to be __________ rather than a problem to be solved

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understood

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we cannot demand a conclusive, authoritative answers, but only a ___________

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response

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distinction of philosophy of the human person

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> philosophical anthropology
social anthropology
biological anthropology
cultural anthropology
rational psychology
empirical psychology
experimental psychology

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seeks to unify the empirical investigations of human nature in an effort to understand individuals as creatures of their environment and creators of their values

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philosophical anthropology

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studies human beings, society and cultures through a comparative lens

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social anthropology

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studies the evolution of humans, their variability, and adaptations to environmental stresses

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biological anthropology

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deals with the study of human societies and cultures

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cultural anthropology

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delves deeper into the human psyche by rational reflection on the implications of human activity

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rational psychology

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what Greek words does psychology come from?

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psyche (mind) and logos (science)

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the science of the facts and laws of mental life, as acquired by everyday experience

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empirical psychology

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tries to understand the human person in terms of reading, measurement, and behavior patterns obtained from experimental observation

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experimental psychology

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every investigation requires a _________

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method

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systematic way of doing something

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method

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what is method in science?

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series of steps taken to acquire knowledge

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a mere scientific study only gives a _______________

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partial view

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observe without attempting to interpret

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phenomenology of human existence

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seek the ultimate meaning of data

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transcendental phase

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hermeneutical

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subject to interpretation

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final, conclusive, and exhaustive justification and explanation of human behaviors

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transcendental phase

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important information about the human person

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> self-consciousness > abstract intelligence > language > contemplation > objectification > culture > volitional freedom > sociality > hermeneutical nature

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capacity for reflection

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self-consciousness

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possesses rationality

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abstract intelligence

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communicate ideas or information pertaining to the past or future because of the capacity for abstraction

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language

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animals act based on instincts while humans possess this trait

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contemplation

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know an object as an object; self-consciousness

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objectification

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carry on from where the previous generation left off

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culture

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humans can choose or willfully do something

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volitional freedom

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participation; social animals

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sociality

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they relate to the world around them is influenced by historical, cultural, and social factors; ability to interpret

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hermeneutical nature

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2 things humans have that animals and plants don't

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> the ability to think rationaly > freedom