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50 Cards in this Set
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epistomology
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the nature of knowledge
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metaphysics
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nature of reality
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philosophical archetype
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original or influencial idea
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logic
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rules of correct reasoning
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ethics
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question of morality
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a priori
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knowledge prior to experience
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a posteriori
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knowledge from experience
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empiricism
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knowledge without the aid of sense
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rationalism
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reason alone gives you knowledge
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skepticism
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doubting assumption until proven; denial of possibilities
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inductive reasoning
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knowledge of reality comes from reason and content from senses
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behaviorism
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humans are programmed like machines
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existentialism
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we create our own essence through our freedom
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pragmetism
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each situation is unique; reality is testable
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hedonism
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pursuit of pleasure
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multiverse
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many forces of work
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ontological arugument
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nature of god; order and purpose
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cosmological argument
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cause and effect
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design argument
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order and purpose to prove God
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predeterminism
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supernatural power has predetermined our lives
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pythagorist
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numbers can explain everything
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heraclitus
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change is constant
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sophist
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impossible to find ultimate truth
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scholasticism
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midevil christian philosophy
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the allegory of the cave
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plato questions reality
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socratise
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father of philosophy
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determinism
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every event has a cause
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reductionism
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if you break down the parts you can explain the whole objective
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objective methodology
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try to explain or understand something with rational means
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plato
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wrote theories about philosophy
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existential anguish
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bitterness of dispair
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locke
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mind is a blank slate
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discartes
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rationalist
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"i think, therefore i am"
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original cogito, argo sum
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realistic thinking
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basic reality is a person or thinker
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genuine option
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free will when faced by genuine option
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secondary qualities
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substance that holds things together
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matter
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world exist independent of our perceptions
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nietzsche
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"god is dead"; life is cruel; new ideal is state
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aristotle
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the prime mover
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camus
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being and nothingness; life is indifferent
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pluralism
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know things from many perspectives
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situational ethics
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circumstances dictate ethical choice
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pragmitism
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reality is testable
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correspondense theory of truth
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truth is either true or false; truth is agreement between propostition and fact
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coherence theory of truth
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truth agrees with beliefs
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utilitarianism
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whats right is what benefits the most people
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idealistic thinking
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universe is purposeful and god is principal
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scepticism
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locke is sceptic
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marcus aurelious
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father of stoicism
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