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56 Cards in this Set
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What kind of philosopher was Aristotle |
Metaphysical monist
impericist |
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Aristotle's view of truth
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knowledge of the physical world gained through empirical investigation
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What kind of philosopher was Plato
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Metaphysical dualist
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how aristotle disagrees with plato
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plato's dualism devalues the world of sense experience
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two things in physical world
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matter and form which make substance
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entelechy
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creative urge that impels a thing toward its purpose
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telos
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purpose
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aristotles view of potentiality
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potentiality leads to actuality
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aristotle's 4 causes
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Effective cause, material cause, formal cause, final cause
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Efficient cause
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the triggering action that sets something into motion(sculptor)
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material cause
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what something is made from(Granite)
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formal cause
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the embedded shape that gives an object its form and its purpose(Form its becoming)
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final cause
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telos, purpose(memorial)
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Aristotles view of the soul
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the soul is inseparable from the body
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Renee Descartes
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rationalist that contradicts british impericists
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john lockes view of knowledge
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knowledge comes from experience
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john lockes view of the mind
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the mind at birth is tabula rasa(blank slate)
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john locke said
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reality is the world that causes our sensations
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john lockes primary qualities
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exist in themselves apart from our opinion, size and weight
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john lockes secondary qualities
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depend on our perception, color and smell
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bishop berkeley said
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to be is to be perceived
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matthew arnolds definition of religion
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morality tinged with emotion
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theism
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belief in a god that sees you and rewards and punishes you
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monotheism
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one god
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monotheistic religions
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judaism, christianity, islam
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polytheism
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belief in 2 or more gods
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pantheism
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god is in everything
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deism
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god created the universe but doesnt see us and doesnt care like a watchmaker
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nontheism
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no supreme being at all
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nontheistic religions
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buddhism, taoism
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ways of religious knowing
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sacred text, revelation, faith
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tertullian said
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what hath athens to do with jerusalem
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tertullian said about faith
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faith and reason dont converge
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origen, clement, justin martyr
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faith and reason do converge
all truth is gods truth |
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polytheistic religion
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hinduism
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hinduism gods
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shiva, vishnu, krishna
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themes of hinduism
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luminous self, karma, reincarnation, moksha, yogic practices, fire sacrifices
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hinduism sacred text
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vedas
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commentaries on vedas
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upanishads
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Hindu rishi
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sage or guru
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themes of buddhism
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nirvana, reincarnation, karma, buddha
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nirvana
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ultimate state of bliss
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buddha
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siddartha gautama
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buddhas middle path
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to live is to suffer. suffering can cease.
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taoism
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religion founded by lao tsu
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theology
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the study of God and His nature
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William james said
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theres no use being an atheist
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paschals wager
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if believers are right there is heaven, if they are wrong they wont know
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Ludwig Feuerbach said
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god is a human projection
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lugwig feverbachs selfs
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idealized self(god) actual self(us)
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karl marx said
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religion is an opiate for the people
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sigmund freud said
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religion is an infantile construction
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st anselms proof for God
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ontological proof, argument from the beginning
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st thomas aquinas proof for God
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five cosmological proofs based on aristotle, graduations of perfection
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william paleys proof for God
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teliological proof, argument from design, rock vs watch
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immanuel kants proof for God
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moral argument, spark of conscience was put in you |
