LESSON 1 Flashcards

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Student of Thales

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Anaximander

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Father of Western Philosophy

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Thales

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He said that the cosmos is a structured system ordered by numbers

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Pythagoras

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He also proposed a system for the classification of plants and animals

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Aristotle

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5
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Ideal society and government is ruled by wisdom and reason

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The Republic

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Ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle

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Plato

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He believed that philosophy could enable man to live a life of happiness

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Epicurus

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Matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms

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Democritus

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9
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boundless realm called

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Apeiron

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10
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Water is the ultimate and fundamental element

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Thales

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He agreed with his teacher that everything comes from
a single, basic material

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Anaximander

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is a method of question and answer which aims to provoke the one being asked to think for himself or herself and to clarify his or her conceptions about what is asked.

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Socratic Method

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the process by which specific statements are analyze to reach conclusion or generalization.

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Deductive Reasoning

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5 Branches Of Philosophy

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Methaphysics
Ethics
Aesthetics
Epistemology
Logic

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As a normative study, it deals with norms or standards of right and wrong applicable to human behavior. It is considered as prescriptive as it prescribes what people ought to do rather than describes what people do

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Ethics

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which is derived from the Greek term ethos meaning “custom,”

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is traditionally defined as branch of physics that deals with the most general and abstract questions, such as those pertaining to the nature of existence, the categories of space and time, the existence of God, or the immortality

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Greek word aisthetikos, which means “sensitive” or “perceptive.”

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This branch of philosophy deals with various problems concerning knowledge.

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comes from the Greek word epistēmē, which means “knowledge.”

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is the branch of philosophy that looks into whether there are rules or principles that govern reasoning.

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Greek word that means “Love”

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Greek word that means “Wisdom”

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also defined as the science that by natural light of reason studies the first causes or highest principles of all things.

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Humans have the innate desire to know and understand fundamental things about themselves and the world.
BIG IDEA
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It is called (_____) because the investigation is systematic. It follows certain steps or it employs certain procedures. In other words, it is an organized body of knowledge just like any other sciences
Science
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This sets the distinction between philosophy from other sciences. All other sciences concern themselves with a particular object of investigation.
Study of all things
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A principle is that from which something proceeds in any manner whatsoever.
First Cause/Highest Principle
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It is impossible for a thing to be and to be at the same time, and at the same respect
Principle of Non-Contradiction
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nothing exists without a sufficient reason for its being and existence
Principle of Sufficient Reason
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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