Apologetics Page 2

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accidents

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the non-essential properties of a thing.

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behaviorism

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determinism applied to every detail of man's behavior

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contingent

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1) dependence on something else for being
2) chance - quality of not being determined

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determinism

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the view that there is no contingency, for every event is necessary

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dualism

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the view that there are two irreducible principles for explaining reality: mind and matter

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essence

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that which makes something what it is; the thing in itself

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existence

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the actuality of a thing; that it is

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materialism

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the view that the whole of reality consists of matter

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monism

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the view that reality consists of only one kind of substance

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naturalism

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belief that all objects, events, and values can be wholly explained in terms of factual and/or casual claims about the world, without reference to supernatural powers of authority.

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noumenal (noumena)

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In Kant's thought, the transcendent, unknowable realm of God, Self, and Essence. They are the presumed things themselves, which constitute reality.

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objective

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the quality of having a public nature, independent of our thoughts

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phenomenal (phenomena)

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In Kant's thought, the Time-Space realm of perception. They are the appearances, which constitute our experience

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substance

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whatever is real; something's essence; whatever exists in its own right and depends upon nothing else; that which underlies the properties of a thing.

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teleology

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the view that the universe is characterized by design or purpose.