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14 Cards in this Set
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Who is the author of the Nichomachean ethics?
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Aristotle
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Who first postulates the existence of a ‘prime mover’ or ‘unmoved mover’ in the ancient Greek philosophical text, the Metaphysics? |
Aristotle
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What is the Doctrine of the Mean?
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Not to enjoy things too much or too little.
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To whom was the Quran revealed? |
Muhammad
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Does St. Augustine believe humans have free will?
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yes
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What is St. Anselm’s ‘ontological argument’ for the existence of God?
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He only exists when nothing greater can be conceived
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What are St. Thomas Aquinas’s 5 proofs of the existence of God?
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motion
causality necessity gradation teteology |
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Who began the “Protestant Reformation?” How was it begun?
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Martin Luther.
95 theses |
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What is “Calvinism?” Does John Calvin believe humans have free will?
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doctrine of predestination.
no. |
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What is a “tabula rasa?”
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blank slate
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What is “empiricism”?
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beliefs based on observable facts
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What does David Hume argue about causality?
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no causality
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What are the 3 formulations of the categorical imperative?
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always act in such a way that you can will that your maxim could serve as a universal law in the "kingdom of ends"
always act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person, or that of any other, never as a means only, but always at the same time, an end in itself the idea of the will of every rational being as universal legislative will. |
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How does Kant synthesize rationalism and empiricism?
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thoughts without content are stupid, knowledge without cocepts are blind
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