L1-3: Intro, Meaning & Branches Flashcards
Knowledge of all things throuytheir ultimate causes acquired through the use of reason
Philosophy
Philosophy comes from?
GREEK word
Philos - love
Sophia - wisdom
Philosophy - love of wisdom
Philosopher - lover of wisdom
Philosophy studies all things, thus all aspects can be object of philosophical study
Material object of philosophy
“Through their ultimate causes”, seeking the deepest explanation regarding the existence and nature of beings.
Formal object of philosophy
Acquired through the use of reason; seeking the ultimate explanation that can be arrived at by applying reasoning to facts supplied by experience
Natural scope of philosophy
Through their ultimate causes”, seeking the deepest explanation regarding the _____ and ____ of beings.
existence. nature
Acquired through the use of reason; seeking the ultimate explanation that can be arrived at by applying _____ to _____ supplied by ____
reasoning. facts. experience
Studies the nature of knowledge.
Epistemology
Studies and asks questions about the essence and existence of a being.
Metaphysics
concerned with “reasoning” or truth.
Logic
Concerns “value/morality”
Ethics/Axiology
Explore the nature of art, beauty and taste.
Aethetics
the difference that makes each person unique
Diversity
four things that define Philosophy
Science
Natural Light of Reason
Study of All Things
First Cause of Higher Principle
because the investigation is systematic.
Science
Philosophers uses their natural capacity to think or simply, human reason alone or the so-called unaided reason.
Natural Light of Reason
Philosophers uses their natural capacity to think or simply, human reason alone or the so-called _____.
unaided reason.
He questions almost anything, if not everything. It is ________
Study of All Things. Multidimensional or Holistic
principle is that from which something proceeds in any manner.
First Cause of Higher Principle
4 under First Cause of Higher Principle
Principle of Identity
Principle of Non-Contradiction
Principle of Excluded Middle
Principle of Sufficient Reason
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
is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, and at the same respect.
Principle of Non-Contradiction
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
Nothing exist without sufficient reason for its being and existence
Principle of Sufficient Reason