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33 Cards in this Set
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Ontology
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The what
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Epistimology
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the how
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Epistimology
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the how
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metaphysics
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why
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ethics
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should
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logic
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logical
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straw man
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reducing to the ridiculous
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ad hoc
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non generalizable solution, like a lame excuse
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Critical thinkers toolbox
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Context
Content Critical analsys |
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Ludwig Wittgensteing
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The beetle in a box
The activities of Mr. S |
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Beetle in a box
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objects dont have a meaning in and of themselves other than what we assign them
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Mental state
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The warm feeling you get from drinking a cup of coffee
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Mental Event
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Forming the intention to drink the coffee
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Mentality
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the mind is an apparatus
explains how humans are capable of: action emotion rationality |
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Idealist
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the material world is an illusion
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Materialist
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the mental world is an illusion
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Functionalist
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Both appear to be real and have a functional relationship
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Buddhist
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Nothing is real, everything is ultimately shinyata
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Divided Self (plato)
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Rational - decisions
Spirit - passion Appetite - Hunger, cravings |
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Divided self (hindu)
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Separate Soul guding:
Mind body intellect senses |
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The Absent self
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Buddha
David HHume |
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The united self
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Descartes
John Locke |
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The Divine (or not self)
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Religion as a set of beliefs
Religion as a set of practices |
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Descartes
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Remember the mind/body problem
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John Locke
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the blank slate and self as continuity
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Belief side
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Monotheism
Polytheism Henotheism |
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Monotheism
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One all powerful god
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Hindu Pantheon
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Vishnu
Shiva Devi |
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The absent self
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Heracletus: You can put your foot in the same river twice
David Hume: i look inside and I see nothing |
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Hume
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Inappropriate analogy
Scope of our observable data Nature of our obs data Nonsensical claims Self collapsing Assumption of purpse Moral objection |
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Descartes - the first meditation
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method of doubt
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Descartes the second
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I think therefore I am
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Descartes the third
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All things I preceive clearly are ture
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