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30 Cards in this Set
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Epistemology |
How do we know what we know. |
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Metaphysics |
What is real? Beyond the physical world |
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Logic |
Consistency, persuasive, conclusion, mathematics |
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Axiology |
Study of value |
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Ethics |
What we should do. |
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Aesthetics |
Study of beauty |
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Substance dualism |
The notion that mind and body consists of 2 fundamentally different kinds of stuff, or substances. |
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Cartesiano dualism |
The view that mind (or soul) and body are completely independent of one another and interact causally. |
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Materialism (physicalism) |
The doctrine that every object and event in the world is physical. |
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Identity theory |
The view that the mind states are identical to physical brain states. |
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Functionalism |
The view that the mind is the functions that the brain performs |
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Epiphenomenalism |
The notion that mental properties do not cause anything, but merely accompany physical processes. |
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Determinism |
The doctrine that every event is determined by preceding events and the laws of nature. |
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Hard determinism |
The view that free will does not exist, that no one acts freely. |
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Indeterminism |
The view that not every event is determined by preceding events and the laws of nature. |
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Compatibilism |
The view that determinism is true and we have free will. |
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Libertarianism |
The view that some actions are free, those actions are caused (i. e. Initiated /originated ) by the person or agent. |
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Appeal to ignorance |
Appealing to a lack of knowledge ( there isn't a God) |
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Appeal to popularity |
A lot of people believe it. |
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Straw man |
Misrepresentation ( a bunch of people stealing candy bars) |
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Genetic Fallacy |
It comes from something bad, it must be bad. |
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Begging the question |
If no one accepted the premises, you're begging the conclusion. |
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Equivocation |
No person should ever be murdered , so fetuses should never be murder |
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Agent causation |
Free action caused by previous events. |
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John searle |
American - July 31st, 1932 Consciousness is the most important asset of our life. It's not part of the physical world, it belongs to the spiritual world. |
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Jean-paul sarte |
Paris- 1905-1980 Extentialism claimed there was no God , wondering eye. We force ourselves to believe something even if we're not convinced because it's easier....we don't have any other options, but we do. |
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Baron d' Holbach |
Born in Germany, raised in Paris - 1723-1789 The first to write an unarguably atheist book. Free is an illusion, science explain and predicts all sorts of phenomena....determinism is true. |
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David Chalmers |
Australia -1966 Consciousness comes first, before signals to the brain. We don't have a scientific theory of conscious, we know how neurotransmissions work. |
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Renee Decartes |
France- March 1596-feb.11, 1650 Can we be certain of anything? How do we know you are asleep verses awake. If a stick is in the water, looks bent but feel straight. "I think therfore I am" Doubts consciousness. |
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W.T. Stace (Walter Terence stace) |
London, England, November 17, 1886- august 2, 1967 Soft determinism People are morally responsible for free will....all events are caused by free actions. U are trapped in this causal network. We are determinist |
