Philosophy Quiz Flashcards
(67 cards)
We often refer this as our reason. This is our capacity to give meaning to reality in terms of concepts.
Understanding
This is our way of interpreting reality according to ideas and theories.
Understanding
It is our ability to open to the world and ENGAGE it in terms of value. In other words it is also considered as “choice” meaning how we act upon things expressing our desires.
Will
According to Newton’s third law: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
This tells us that in every choice we act in life we will always produce or cause something and we better make sure to be responsible to those results.
Consequences
Freedom is understood to be present when one is choosing a course of action, and taking full __________ for consequences
Responsibility
“Buntot mo, _______ __!” It is taking full responsibility for your actions and being obliged to do so
hila mo
These are acts originating from the individual performing the act using knowledge about the situations of the act.
Voluntary Actions
These are acts done under a) force or coercion and b). ignorance where the doer failed to understand the effect and feels sorry on the result.
Involuntary Actions
Aristotle once said that “Man is a rational animal” but what makes us human beings feel that we are different from animals?
Humans act in a way that is free
_________ is our ability to understand reality through concepts.
Reason
Etymology of Intersubjectivity
prefix “inter” = “among and between”
philosophical term “subject” = a conscious being
_________ is the “black space behind the eyes,” which captures the experience we have of being a self. This is another meaning of the word “____________”.
Interiority; Subject
The intersubjective relationship acknowledges that I and the other person are both: ________________________.
selves with a profound depth
To be a ________ is to distinguish one’s existence as ________ from every other’s existence.
subject; different
__________ else experiences the world the way I do but _________ experiences the world in his or her own unique way.
No one; everyone
Who was the three philosophers related/mentioned in intersubjectivity?
Confucius, Martin Buber, Karol Wojtyla
What is one of the main ideas of Confucianism?
Ren or “human-heartedness”
It is a virtue central to man that can be found in his sociality or intersubjectivity.
Ren
In his philosophy, Confucius stresses: ________________.
order and harmony in the world
The Confucian thinking on intersubjectivity is ____________.
practical humanism
(there is emphasis on human actions in sociality)
Confucius calls every man to love other through __________, not through ____________.
actions; thoughts
According to _________________: Treat another person as a subject (a being different from things or objects).
Martin Buber
Martin Buber. The “__” is the same with the “______” and there should be mutual relationship between them.
I; Thou
Martin Buber. We can only recognize the ____ in the context of the ____.
self; other
