words need to know Flashcards
What is rationalism?
human reason is the source of all knowledge and truth
what is particulars or phenomena?
the changing (mutable) things we witness in the world of the senses, for example, the rose in my garden
what is immutable?
unchanging
what is ‘form’?
Plato’s description of a perfect, unchanging concept or ideal in the world of the Forms, e.g. Form of the good
what is amnesis?
the soul remembering the forms
what is empiricism?
all knowledge and truth are derived from the senses, experience and observation
what is motus?
Greek word meaning constant change, observed in the world
what does telos mean?
end or purpose. Teleology is the study of purpose
what is epistemology?
the study of knowledge
what is personhood?
what makes each individual unique, e.g. memories, physical appearance, mind, soul
what is substance dualism?
there are two different kinds of basic substance: mental and physical
what is a category error?
a logical error with the use of language; a mistake is made by applying concepts or language to the wrong type of category
what is dualism?
the belief that the body and mind are in some way different from each other and that thought is the product of the soul
what is materialism?
the view that all things, including thought, are caused by material interactions.
what phrase did descartes come up with?
cogito, ergo sum - i think therefore I am
