Philo Flashcards

(45 cards)

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To know is to know something

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Reality

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Is our contact to reality through senses.

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Perception

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3
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We notice what is similar

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Concept

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4
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Statement that express assertion or a denial

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Proposition

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5
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Providing arguments with one or two premises and a conclusion

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Inference

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Examples Of the empiricist

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John Locke, George Berkley, David Hume

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Examples of rationalists

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Rene Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Leibniz

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8
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Has various views that which can help us tackle concept of knowing the truth

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Philosophy

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9
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Emphasizes belief as a basis for determining truth

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Philosophers

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10
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Knowledge is based on?

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Experience

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Claims that required further examination to establish whether it is true or false

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Statement

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Scientifically proven or proposition which are observed to be real.

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Facts

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Comprised of ideas and beliefs that we know to be true

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Knowledge

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A product of question that allow for a clear answer provided by facts

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Knowledge

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15
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Knowledge acquired true knowledge

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Empiricist

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16
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Knowledge acquired by thinking with use of our mind

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Rationalist

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17
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For ___ truth is something observable and empirical

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Science

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18
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Who said that in philosophy, there is no generally acceptable definition of truth. There are, however, various theories of truth

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Estaris and Gallinero

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19
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Who said that “true” is a word we all understand l, but if we try to explain it, we can easily get involved in a maze of confusion.

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What are the systematic doubts analysis

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A belief is true if it can be justified or proven through the use of one’s senses

A belief os true if it is based on facts

Having people agree on a common belief(yet with limitations)

A person must prove his statement to action

A claim must be subjective to test

21
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The two kinds of facilities of a human person

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Physical and spiritual faculties

22
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What are under the physical faculties

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External and internal

23
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What are under the external

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Seeing, tasting, hearing, smelling, and touching

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What are under the internal

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Memory, consciousness, imagination, instinc

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What is under the spiritual faculty
The mind
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The enlightened one
Buddha
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The goal of thinking
To know the ultimate truth
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Four characteristics of Ultimate truth
Resides in intellect Is immutable Is eternal Is absolute
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In order to seek out reality, man must attain full enlightenment
Buddhism
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The people who said that the human person has two powers of the mind
Rene Descartes and St. Thomas Aquinas
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The two powers of the mind
The intellect and the will
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Universally true
Intellect
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Universally good
Will
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A judgment, viewpoint, or statement that is considered to be subjective
Opinion
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Formed based on the person's understanding, feelings, or desires about matters, topics, issues, or concerns
Opinion
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Considered as the central figure of modern philosophy
Immanuel Kant
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Meaning of Füwahrhalten
A judgment that a cognition ehich is presented is true
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Three ways of Füwahrhalten
Opinion Knowledge Belief
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Conscious acceptance of a claim without subjective or objective
Opinion
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Conscious judgement on the basis of both subjective and objective ground
Knowledge
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Conscious acceptance of a claim on the basis of a subjective ground but without objective ground
Belief
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How to evaluate opinions
Source Reliability Purpose Bias Assumption
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Two types of fallacies
Fallacies of relevance and fallacies of insufficient evidence
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Mistakes in reasoning that occur because the premises are logically irrelevant to the conclusion
Fallacy of relevance
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To evaluate a source, one must consider:
Reputation Audience whom it was intended for Whether authentic documents were provided as proof