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SOCRATES Flashcards

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the first installment of the triumvirate of great thinkers of the ancients

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SOCRATES

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What is the famous most often quoted phrases in the history of ideas of DESCARTES?

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Cogito Ergo Sum

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Was a time of confusion and turbulence defined by revolutions unprecedented in the annals of history either political or economic.

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CONTEMPORARY PERIOD

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derived from the two greek words philos and sophia which means respectively as love and wisdom

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PHILOSOPHY

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who is the Modern Philosopher argued that “the real is the rational and the rational is the real”

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GEORG WILHELN FRIEDRICH HEGEL

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What was the one noteworthy contemporary thinker defined philosophy as the ___ between science and religion

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NO MAN’S LAND

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What are the 5 traditional branches of philosophy

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LOGIC, ETHICS, METAPHYSICS, EPISTEMOLOGY, THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

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is concerned to provide sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning.

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LOGIC

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Takes up the meanings of our moral concepts such as right action, obligation and Justice.

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ETHICS

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Seeks basic criteria for determining what sort of things are real

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METAPHYSICS

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Concerns the nature and scope of knowledge

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EPISTEMOLOGY

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This is one of the oldest subfields. It concerns the nature of art, including both the performing arts and painting, sculpture and literature

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PHILOSOPHY OF ART ( AESTHETICS)

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This subfield has emerged from metaphysical concerns with the mind and mental phenomena.

Addresses not only the possible relations of the mental to the physical but the many concepts having an essential mental element

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PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

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Another traditional concern of metaphysics is to understand the concept of God, including special attributes such as being all knowing, being all powerful and being wholly good

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PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

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This is probably the largest subfield generated by epistemology. Usually divided into philosophy of the nature sciences and philosophy of the social sciences.

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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

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What are the 5 major subfields from ethics

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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
MEDICAL ETHICS
BUSINESS ETHICS

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Concerns the justification and limits of governmental control of individuals

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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

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Often taught in combination with political philosophy, treats moral problems with large scale social dimensions

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SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

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Explores such topics as what law is, what kinds of laws there are, how law is or should be related to morality

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PHILOSOPHY OF LAW

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Addresses many problems arising in medical practice and medical science

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MEDICAL ETHICS

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Addresses such questions as how moral obligations may conflict with the profit motive and how these conflicts mag be resolved

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BUSINESS ETHICS

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This field has close ties to both epistemology and metaphysics. It threats a broad spectrum of questions about language

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PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

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Studies both major philosophers and entire periods in the development of philosophy. It seeks to understand great figures, their influence on othrrs, and their importance for contemporary issues

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THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

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Is concerned with what is good for individuals and society and is also described as moral philosophy

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ETHICS

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Greek word of ethics is ETHOS means?

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custom, habit, character or disposition

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Philosophers nowadays tend to divide ethical theories into 3 areas:

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Meta-ethics
Normative ethics
Applied ethics
Descriptive ethics

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Deals with the nature of moral judgement

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META ETHICS

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Concerned with the content of moral judgements — what is right or wrong

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NORMATIVE ETHICS

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Looks at controversial topics like war, animal rights and capital punishment

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APPLIED ETHICS

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A form of empirical research into the attitudes of individuals or groups of people

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DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS

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An act on which an individual can make a conscious decision whether or not to carry out that act

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HUMAN ACTS

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Natural act of vegetative and sense faculties

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ACTS OF MAN

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Generally provides more specific rules so that societies and their institutions can be maintained

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LAW

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Is a customary code which indicates the proper and polite way to behave in society

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ETIQUETTE

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Was an ancient greek philosopher born in Athens in 469 BC

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SOCRATES

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What did Plato considered Socrates for?

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JUSTEST MAN ALIVE

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He believed that the best way to live one’s life was to focus on self development

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SOCRATES

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SOCRATES engaged people in discussion through a process known as the

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SOCRATIC METHOD

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Who are the 3 most important philosophers of ancient Greece

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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

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Best known for his Theory of Form

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Plato

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A particular triangle is an example of

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Triangleness

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Also known as ideas, and therefore is able to truely understand the things going on around him

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FORMS

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The study of knowledge

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EPISTEMOLOGY

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