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31 Cards in this Set
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States of mind of the divided line are? |
Knowledge Understanding Sensory Imagery |
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What are the Objects of the State of mind in the Divided line? |
Forms Mathematics Sensible objects Images |
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The Platonic Puzzle |
How can we know anything about an underlying substance that is beyond our sensory comprehension? |
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Three elements that make up the soul |
Appetite, Spirit, and Reason |
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Two distinct TYPES of principles |
Metaphysical and ethical |
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What does the soul receive from the vantage point in the rim of the heavens? Which is? |
Nourishment and embodiment of the essence of the forms |
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Two Characteristics of the Philosophical life |
To understand the forms Pursuit of the forms which for Plato is a virtuous life |
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Define the Dao |
The Dao is "the way" it is all things |
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Name the ground of Daoism |
The Dao is the ground |
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Lao Tzu's rule |
Pushing for a particular result often times results in the contrary result |
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In Daoism, (blank) nature is the way in which all things flourish |
Heavenly |
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In Daoism, the ability to think and act in accordance with one's choices is an aspect of which theme |
Freedom |
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List three categories that the ground of a system generate |
Unity, Purpose, and Truth |
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According to Daoism and it's conception of happiness, the spirit loves... |
Harmony |
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According to Daoism, to be free, one must curtail one's (blank) and decrease one's (blank) |
Inclinations and desires |
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List two fundamental characteristics of the Dao |
Unchanging, constantly flowing |
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Note clearly and precisely the two, fundamental components of Daoists ethics |
Flexibility and not to act in ways contrary to our nature |
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According to Daoism, it is only in a period of (blank) that philosophers emerge to proclaim the obvious |
Disharmony |
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Existentialism |
Universe is in unfathomable; individuals must assume responsibility without knowing right or wrong |
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Absurdism |
Universe is irrational and meaningless; search for order brings individual in conflict with universe |
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Determinism |
Occurrences are determined by proceeding events; predestined |
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Nihilism |
Existence is senseless and useless; no such thing as moral truths; no transcendent ground |
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Naturalism |
Scientific laws can explain everything; act based on natural desires |
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Stoicism |
Individuals should be passionless, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law |
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Three fundamental concerns of Existentialism |
Individual human beings Meaning and purpose Freedom |
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Being for Sartre |
Being in: those things that don't shape themselves consciously Being for: I am aware of myself as the agent of myself |
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Ground of Existentialism |
There is no ground in that there is no transcendent being from which any Purpose, Unity, or Truth arise from. We have a desire to be god and therefore we create our own ground |
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Human nature |
No essential nature We create our own essence We are "condemned to be free" Even our moods are a type of choice |
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Bad Faith |
Phenomenon in which human beings, under pressure from social forces, adopt false values and disown their innate freedom, hence acting inauthentically |
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System 1 |
Operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effect and so sense of voluntary control |
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System 2 |
Allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it. The operations of System 2 are often associated with the subjective experience of agency, choice, and concentration |
