Quiz Flashcards
Difficult questions that do not have definite answers like the ones we have been
describing are significant.
Philosophical
always contains a bigger problem
philosophical question
nothing exists without a sufficient reason for its being and existence.
Principle of Sufficient Reason
a thing is either is or is not; everything must be either be or not be; between being and not-being, there is no middle ground possible.
Principle of Excluded Middle
it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, and at the same respect.
Principle of Non-Contradiction
This sets the distinction between philosophy from other sciences.
Study of All Things
whatever is is, and whatever is not is not; everything is what it is. Everything is its own being, and not being is not being.
Principle of Identity
Etymologically, the word
“philosophy” comes from two Greek words
Philo meaning “to
love”, and Sophia
meaning
“wisdom”.
philosophy originally
meant,
love of wisdom
studies the first causes or highest principles of all things.
natural light of reason
because the investigation is systematic. It follows certain steps, or it employs certain procedures.
science
the philosophical study of beauty and taste!
aesthetics
deals with nature, sources, limitations, and validity of knowledge
epistemology
is only an extension of a fundamental and necessary drive in every human being to know what is real.
Metaphysics
is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of
moral virtue nd evaluates human
actions
Ethics