R1; Bertrand Russell Flashcards
It is the one who recognizes only material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious to the necessity of providing food for the mind.
Practical Men
Philosophy affects people ____
indirectly
Physical science affects people ____
directly
The goods for the body is as ____ as the goods for the mind
important
Where is the value of philosophy found?
Goods of the mind
Its aim is primarily at knowledge. A knowledge that aim the kind of knowledge which gives unity and system to the body of sciences
Philosophy
The study of human mind was originally a philosophy but now it became a separate science called ____
Psychology
Questions with definite answers are placed in the ___. While questions with no definite answers are placed in the ____.
Sciences; Philosophy
Philosophy proposes _____ answers to questions despite of its uncertainty
possible
Philosophy reduced at least the _____
arrogant dogmatism
They are shut up within the circle of his private interests but the outer world is not regarded
Instinctive man
A way to escape confinement of distinctiveness is
philosophic contemplation
It views the world impartially. It does not aim at providing that the rest of the universe is akin to man
Philosophic contemplation
All acquisition of knowledge is an enlargement of the ___
Self
This enlargement is best attained when not sought ____
directly
It is obtained when the desire for knowledge is alone operative
Enlargement of the Self
This enlargement of self is not obtained when we try to show that the ______ is similar to this ____.
world;self
It views the world as means to its own ends; thus it makes the world less account than self
Self-assertion
If the enlargement of self is viewed as the world similar to self it is rather called _____ than self enlargement
self-assertion
In philosophic contemplation we start with ____ and through its greatness the boundaries of self are enlarged.
not-self
the universe is a form of union of ____ and ____
self and not-self
The view that man is the measure of all things is ___ and ____
untrue; man-made
Finds its satisfaction in every enlargement of the not-self
true philosophic contemplation
Questions enlarge our conception of what is ____
possible
A british philosopher, logician, writer, and social critic who was most recognized for his contributions to the logic of mathematics and philosophical analysis
Bertrand Arthur William Russell
The value of philosophy lies in its
uncertainty
Uncertainty arouses ____ in mind, thus raises ____
curiosity; questions
Philosophy’s chief value is ___
freedom from narrow and personal aims
Philosophy allows a man to be ____ and ____
calm and free
It is about thinking and reflecting from a deeper understanding. It is intended to view the whole impartially/equally. It does not aim to prove that the universe is comparable to a man
philosophic contemplation
It is the barrier to the enlargement of self or self-growth
self-assertion
