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30 Cards in this Set
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Absolute
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Metaphysical perspective whose source of ultimate reality is external to self. Reality is constant, fixed, stable.
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Axiology
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Branch of philosophy which studies the nature of values.
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Atheism
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The belief that no deity exists.
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Agnostic
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The belief that knowledge of deity is impossible, can't be known.
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Aesthetics
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Study of beauty and ugliness, art values and principles.
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Asceticism
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The belief that physical self-torture or self-denial could discipline an individual to achieve spiritual competence.
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Deduction
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The method of reasoning which involves drawing inferences from the general to the specific.
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Determinism
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A belief that individual behavior and natural events are predetermined, hence, no one is able to choose.
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Ethics
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The sub branch of axiology that deals with moral conduct.
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Existentialism
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The "youngest" of the four schools of thought.
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Empirical
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Knowledge that is confirmed by the senses, observable.
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Epistemology
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The branch of philosophy which deals with the nature of and acquisition of knowledge.
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Eclectic
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Not follow any one philosophy but selects beliefs from many schools of thought and creates own.
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Humanism
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The belief that man is the highest order of reality.
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Hedonism
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The "ism" or belief that pleasure is the highest good.
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Immaterialism
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The belief that something exists which is not material, e.g. spirit.
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Intuition
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The kind of knowledge that a person finds originating from within, in a moment of insight.
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Induction
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The method of reasoning which involves drawing inferences from the specific to the general.
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Materialism
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The belief that the thing which exists is material, matter.
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Metaphysics
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The branch of philosophy which considers theories about the nature of ultimate reality.
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Monism
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In metaphysics, the theory that reality is quantitatively one single entity.
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Objective
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Values that exist in their own right regardless of human preference.
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Optimism
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The belief that existence is good and life is worth living.
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Philosophy
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The love or seeking of wisdom.
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Pantheism
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God and the universe are one and the same thing.
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Relativism
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Metaphysical perspective whose source of ultimate reality is ones self. Reality is changing, based on experience.
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Revelation
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The kind of knowledge that comes from God.
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Rational
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Knowledge gained by reasoning using only the mind.
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Speculation
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The mode of philosophizing that concentrates on finding the whole, the comprehensive picture or meaning.
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Metaphysiology
Epistemology Axiology Logic |
The four branches that constitute the study of philosophy.
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