Philosophy Questions Flashcards
Someone who thinks deeply and asks questions to try and understand the meaning of life
Philosopher
Someone who thinks about questions raised by and about religions
Theologian
A non-religious way of life or thinking
Secular
A person who tries to understand God by spending their life contemplating spiritual matters
Mystic
A way of understanding something by ‘seeing’ it as something else
Metaphor
An ancient story explaining the earlier history of people, facts or events
Myth
A person who studies and is an expert on plants and animals (e.g David Attenborough)
Naturalist
The way in which living things change and develop over millions of years
Evolution
The process of changing to suit different conditions
Adaptation
A set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics and breed with each other
Species
A particular attitude towards something
Perspective
Relating to existence
Existential
A statement that seems difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts
Paradox
A theory assuming what is ‘good’ is whatever brings the most happiness to the greatest number of people
Utilitarianism
A set of principles of ideas which are accepted as true without question
Dogma
