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54 Cards in this Set
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Theory that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing.
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Solipsism
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Tends toward tradition and slow change
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Conservatism
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Tends to distrust tradition and lean toward change.
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Liberalism
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Political philosophy distrusting authority and structure in society
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Anarchism
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A classification
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Genre
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Exaggeration
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Hyperbole
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Undue dwelling on one's own self
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Narcissism
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Artistic school of thought using fantastic or incongruous imagery
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Surrealism
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Political philosophy that exalts nation and race over the individual
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Fascism
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A marxist is one who is on the...
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Left
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A fascist is one who is on the...
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Right
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Tending towards extremism
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Radical
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A division into two esp. mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
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Dichotomy
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Discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation
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Dialectic
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The study of beauty
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Aesthetics
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Appears contradictory at first glance
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Paradox
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Cloudy, unclear
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Nebulous
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Something that doesn't seem to fit its immediate context
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Incongruity
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A sudden realization, a divine visitation
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Epiphany
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Having two or more meanings
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Ambiguity
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In Latin "Seize the Day"
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Carpe Diem
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A common or prescribed way of doing things
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Convention
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Non-dictionary or non-literal meaning of a word
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Connotation
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View that traditional beliefs and values are unfounded and that existence is useless and meaningless
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Nihilism
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Belief that being precedes essence
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Existentialism
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The view that the ends justify the means in politics
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Machiavellianism
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Belief in one god
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Monotheism
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Movement embracing rationalism
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Enlightenment
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Period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity
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Renaissance
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Belief that all values and ideas have equal merit
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Relativism
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A political philosophy that the government should have minimal control over individuals
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Libertarianism
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A branch of philosophy concerned with how we acquire knowledge and with the nature of knowing
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Epistemology
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A branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and problem of existence
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Ontology
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A philosophical stance of doubt, a doctrine that certainty of knowledge cannot be attained
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Skepticism
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A smug attitude towards the arts, a disregarding of the importance of the arts and humanities. A rejection of the intellectual
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Philistinism
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An ideal pattern or model of something, usually of a way of thinking or of doing
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Paradigm
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From rhetoric, an attack on the person not his argument
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Ad hominem
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A devotee, a studied or serious fan of something
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Aficionado
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A belief that god is unknown and probably unknowable
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Agnosticism
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Expression, through symbolism in a narrative, of truths or generalizations about human experience
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Allegory
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An extended comparison or metaphor
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Analogy
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A definite belief there is no god
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Atheism
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A reference, usually indirect, to a well-known person place or thing in history, literature or mythology
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Allusion
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A writing prophesying a cataclysm in which evil forces are destroyed
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Apocalypse
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Practice of self-denial, especially for spiritual reasons
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Asceticism
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A vagabond or wanderer, one who lives an unconventional life, often an artist
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Bohemian
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Middle class of society dominated by middle class values, often suggests the crass, shallow, anti-intellectual and the comfortable
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Bourgeoisie
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An unwieldly and burdensome administrative system
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Bureaucracy
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deterioration, decline especially socially
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Decadence
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A seeking of pleasure above all else in life
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Hedonism
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System of thought advocationg natural religion based on human morality and reason, not divine revelation, a belief god can be known not through revelation, but through nature
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Deism
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One who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of people especially in order to gain power
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Demagogue
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A tenet or code of tenets, a doctrine or body of doctrines proclaimed by a church
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Dogma
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Crual, severe
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Draconian
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