philo Flashcards
(30 cards)
A longing for clarity
Puzzlement
A feeling of being confused and frustrated because you do not understand
Perplexity
seeking to know what you don’t know
Wondering
Types of questions
Common sense
Scientific
Philosophical
Very crucial characteristic in philosophizing
Questioning
Enables people to look into the various aspects of an experience
Conceptual Analysis
Sharpens the insight and fixes it in the mind.
Metaphor
abstract thought
Concept
analyze concepts and concentrate on one aspect of a thing while temporarily not minding
other aspects of existing things.
Abstraction
act of giving time to think about the meaning and purpose of life
Reflection
Who is Gabriel Marcel
Primary and Secondary reflection
Type of reflection that considers what is available to the senses.
Primary reflection
philosophical reflection
Secondary reflection
Acquiring truth within clear and exact formulas
Coherence
connects to the “state of affairs” in the world.
Correspondence
Who said that the given reality of the world is sense data.
Alfred Jules Ayer
who said The meaning of the word is defined by the object denoted by it.
Bertrand Russel
Who said nature of truth as having a practical application to the world and one’s life
William James
truth based upon the good or practical consequences of an idea.
Pragmatic
Teacher of Plato
Socrates
Masters of the art of persuasion through speech
Sophists
Asking critical questions to challenge the Sophists.
Socratic method
Reality is divided into two (2)
The World of Forms and The World of Objects
“The physical world is less real.”
world of forms
