UTS Flashcards
Philosophy come from the Greek words?
“Philos” (love)
“Sophia” (wisdom)
In a broad sense, it is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand
fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to
the world and to each other.
Philosophy
Way of thinking about everything around us; about the nature, the world, and the society
Philosophy
Seeking to know the truth
Philosophy
It is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge
Philosophy
11 PHILOSOPHERS
Socrates
Plato
St. Augustine of Hippo
Rene Descartes
John Locke
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
Sigmund Freud
Gilbert Ryle
Patricia and Paul Churchland
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
An ancient Greek, Philosopher, Scholar, Teacher
Socrates
One of the ‘big three’
Socrates
Considered to be the main source of Western Thought
Socrates
His works were only known throug Plato’s writing (The Dialogues).
Socrates
Stated the the “unexamined life is not worth living”
Socrates
Also called The Dialectic Method
The Socratic Method
What is plato’s real name?
Aristocles (428-348 BCE)
He established a school known as ‘The Academy‘
Plato
He wrote more than 20 Dialogues with Socrates as protagonist in most of them.
Plato
Plato’s metaphysics is known as ‘Theory of Forms’
Plato
The one who came up about ‘Allegory of the cave’
Plato
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF PLATO’S FORMS
- The Forms are ageless and therefore are eternal.
- The Forms are unchanging and therefore permanent.
3.The Forms are unmoving and indivisible.
2 PLATO’S DUALISM
- The Realm of the Shadows
- The Realm of Forms
composed of changing, sensible things which are
lesser entities and therefore imperfect and flawed
The Realm of the Shadows
3 COMPONENTS OF THE SOUL ACCORDING TO PLATO
- The reason
- The spirited
- The Appetites
rational and is the motivation for goodness and truth
The Reason
non-rational and is the will or the thrive toward action
The Spirited
irrational and lean towards the desire for pleasures of the body
The Appetites