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41 Cards in this Set
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two central doctrines of Christianity are
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doctrine of sin and goodness of creation
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in Christianity they believe creation is from "bottom up" or "top down?"
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top down
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what is ex nihilo and what group believes it?
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"creation out of nothing" and christians
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belief either that material bodily reality is actually an illusion or a mere projection of an immaterial mind or minds
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immaterialism
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rational order to the universe, a purpose behind everything (reason), things happen as they must happen...must accept
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stoicism
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what does theos mean?
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God
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priestly celibacy, came from neo-plationism, truth transcends the mind
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mysticism
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what are Hobbes' 3 obstacles regarding the bible?
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bible referenced the immaterial soul, immaterial God, and existence of angels and demons
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what did Hobbes say about angels?
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they are spirits corporeal,
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According to Hobbes, what are demons?
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they are illnesses
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What is the Holiness Shuffle?
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Christ dumming down lessons so that Jews could understand. He uses symbolism and makes references to help them understand the messages... ex using the term demons rather than illnesses
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What philosopher materialized heaven?
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Hobbes
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What is the Polybian use of Christianity?
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religion as a tool for civil power to maintain political tranquility, to control the masses
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Who applied the Polybian idea/Machiavellian theory?
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Locke (democracy) and Hobbes (monarchy)
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What was Hobbes' defense to the idea of the immaterial soul?
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believing in immaterial soul robbed power from political ruler; we would be more fearful of the afterlife than what the ruler could do to us
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What was Hobbes' defense to the idea of immaterial God?
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materialized heaven
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How did Hobbes materialize Heaven?
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He said that Heaven is earth and the ruler of the land has divine authority like God. When we are wicked and die, second death. Political and ecclesiastic power to monarch.
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What is the main difference between the Christina God and the Epicurean Gods?
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Christina God performs miracles whereas the Epicurean Gods cannot intervene.
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Epistemology: Berekely was a(n)....
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Empiricist
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Epistemology: Locke was a(n)...
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Empiricist
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Epistemology: Hume was a(n)...
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Empiricist
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Epistemology: Kant was a(n)...
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Rationalist
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Epistemology: Descartes was a(n)...
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Rationalist
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Epistemology: Leibneiz was a(n)...
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Rationalist
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true or False: Spinoza was a deist.
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False, pantheist
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What is deism?
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belief that God created the world many many ages ago and has not revealed himself since.
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What is pantheism?
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belief that God exists in everything.
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tabula rosa
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blank slate, Locke
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cognito ergo sum
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i think, therefor i am, Descartes
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True or False: Descartes is a dualist.
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true
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what is dualism?
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two different form of reality: mind (thought) and body (extension). man is a dual creature that thinks and takes up room.
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S2 or the second heart sound
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-during the systolic phase semilunar (aortic & pulmonic) valves open and blood flows from the ventricles into the aorta and pulmonary arter. -closure of the aortic and pulmonary valves
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What part of the body did Descartes assume linked the mind and body?
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pineal gland
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what are the two problems with mind/body idea?
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How do the two interact/unite? How does a free mind make a mechanical body do something and can human reason overcome these laws?
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a priori
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before
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True or False: Desacartes did not try to prove the existence of God.
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False, Descartes proved God was real through rationalism
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What is reductionism?
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complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts and can be reduced to accounts of individual
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What is hedonism?
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pleasure is the only intrinsic good; more pleasure, less pain
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God of the Gaps Theory
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Newton's idea to explain principles that we don't understand, interject God. Interjected God for 3 things: creation of atoms, organization of atoms, readjustment of atoms
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What are the 3 things Newton interjected God for?
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creation of atoms, organization of atoms, and readjustment of atoms
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What was Hobbes purpose for declawing the bible?
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to create political stability
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