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PHILOSOPHY (UNIT ONE) Flashcards

1
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The branch of Philosophy that can be described as the science of correct thinking.

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LOGIC

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The school established by Aristotle who is known as the tutor of Alexander the Great.

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LYCEUM

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This Greek City state is known for its militaristic activities and said to be involved in the Peloponnesian War.

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SPARTA

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The term that defines the boundless element that is believed to be the source of everything.

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APEIRON

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AKA “The Laughing Philosopher”

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DEMOCRITUS

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This Pre-Socratic philosopher believed that water is the source of everything.

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THALES OF MILETUS

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The branch of philosophy that deals with the existence of things.

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METAPHYSICS

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The branch of philosophy that evaluates human actions.

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ETHICS

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This Pre-Socratic philosopher believed that air is the basic element that gives life.

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ANAXIMENES

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Wrote the “Allegory of the Cave”. Believes that women have equal rights like men.

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PLATO

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TRUE/FALSE: Philosophy came from the Greek words “Philia/Philo” which means love and “Sophia” which means wisdom. Etymologically, it can be said that philosophy is the “love of wisdom”.

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TRUE.

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TRUE/FALSE: Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that deals with how you know things to be true based on what you know.

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FALSE. (Answer: Epistemology)

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TRUE/FALSE: Under the Principle of Identity, this states that an object cannot either be or not be at the same time.

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FALSE. (Answer: Principle of Non-Contradiction)

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TRUE/FALSE: Philosophy isn’t considered to be a science because it doesn’t have to be systematically organised.

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FALSE. (Answer: Philosophy itself is considered as a science as it needs a process to come to a detailed conclusion using unaided reason)

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TRUE/FALSE: In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”, the two other prisoners went along with the newly freed man to see the outside world for they wanted to see the truth.

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FALSE. (Answer: The two other prisoners killed the newly freed man for they are afraid of the light they don’t wanna see. In short, they are also afraid of change.)

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TRUE/FALSE: For Socrates, to be happy, one must live without the use of virtues.

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FALSE. (Answer: Read p. 8 of your book.)

17
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TRUE/FALSE: Mankind has 100% freedom.

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FALSE. (Answer: “We have no ABSOLUTE freedom.” - Sir Ejjay the Great)

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TRUE/FALSE: According to Plato, everything we experience in the physical world with our five senses is real.`

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FALSE. (Answer: According to him, nothing we experience in the physical world is real. They’re just ideas of forms and can only be detected by the intellect.)

19
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This is to express or think through using a philosophical manner.

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PHILOSOPHIZING

20
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The German philosopher who refers to the phenomenon to our world of experience.

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IMMANUEL KANT

21
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The thesis that states that the truth is dependent on the peculiarities of the human mind and that philosophy is reducible to psychology.

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PSYCHOLOGISM

22
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This emphasizes the importance of free individual choice, regardless of the power of other people to influence or coerce our desires, beliefs, and decisions.

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EXISTENTIALISM

23
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Reasoning based on observations to make generalizations.

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INDUCTIVE REASONING

24
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A fallacy which uses the same word many times that gives a different meaning each time.

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EQUIVOCATION

25
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A fallacy that claims that something is already true when just taken from a part of a whole.

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COMPOSITION

26
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The apostle that wrote letters to the people of Corinth. Can be read in the 1st and 2nd Corinthians in the Bible.

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Paul

27
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TRUE/FALSE: Too much honey will kill you.

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FALSE. (Answer: Too much honey will make you vomit/)

28
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A fallacy that uses a threat to advocate/justify their conclusion. Answer in Latin or English.

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ARGUMENTUM AD BACULUM
OR
APPEAL TO FORCE

29
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TRUE/FALSE: One commits an error in hasty generalization if they reach an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence.

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TRUE

30
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TRUE/FALSE: You cannot attack the character of your opponent during a debate at all times.

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FALSE (Answer: Exempted situations are when the issue is related to the character.)

31
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TRUE/FALSE: God can lie.

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FALSE (Answer: God CANNOT lie even if he is omnipotent.)

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