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60 Cards in this Set
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Plato's Epistemology
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Amnesis- a recollection of forms
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What are the forms?
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Truth behind what we see, absolute, metaphysical truth.
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Which Philosopher uses the forms?
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Plato
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Plato and the body
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It distorts and corrupts our soul
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Plato and Morality
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Informed by form of morality
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Plato and Society
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Society is informed by the abstractions and guided by those with access to forms
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Plato's Theoretical Knowledge
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1) Objectification- its nature is seperate from us
2) Essence/Unity- a pure form 3) Decontextualized 4) Make it explicit 5) Systemic whole |
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Hobbes' Ontology
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self interests, materialism, nominalism, atomism
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Rationality according to Hobbes
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Acting in one's self interest
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Nominalism
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humans are alike in name only. No spirit that existed before, there is no God.
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Atomism
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We are our own selves, independent of each other, distinct beings
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Locke's Ontology
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Property dualism, there is a God, Atomism
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Rationality according to Locke
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Rationality comes from God
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Objectivism
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-Passive participation of object to senses
-Impresses itself on the subject -seeing is believing -Empiricism |
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Epistemology according to Hobbes and Locke
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Objectivism
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Hobbes and Morality
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There is no morality
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Locke and Morality
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God is the Ultimate law and punishment giver
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Hobbes and Social Organization
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-Contract relations
-"Nasty, brutish, and short" -Everything is mine -There is a need for enforcement motivated by protection |
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Locke and Social Organization
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-"Fair and equal"
-Everything is mine -Mutual Benefit |
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Kant and Ontology
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Universal Categories of the Mind
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UCM
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Universal Categories of the Mind- categories of the mind order and inform the experience and give relations
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Kant and Rationality
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To be free, autonomic, we can comprehend things in the same way. It is bad to act in our own way- things that tell us how to think without us thinking are bad.
INDIVIDUALISM |
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Phenomena
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Object as experienced
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Nomina
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Objection in the world
- Can't be accessed alone. You have to go through UCM |
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Categorical Imperitive
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-One only should act how expected for everyone to act.
-If i have to do it then everyone is expected to do it |
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Kant and Morality
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Categorical Imperitive
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Hegel's Ontology
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Dialetical Idealism, Historical Focus, and Categories of Mediation
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Parts of Dialectical Idealism
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Thesis, Antithesis/Negation, Synthesis
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Categories of Mediation
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-subject to culture or particularities
ex. Language- how i think about and understand things can change with location |
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Hegel and Morality
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Socially Contextual
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Hegel and Social Organization
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-Emphasis on Progress
-Importance of society- we rely on the community to be able to think |
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Five Parts of the Modernist Project
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Social World
Rationally Reconstruct Science Progress Freedom and Control |
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Parts of the Pre-Modern World
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Divine World
Given Order Religion Harmony |
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Medicine for modernists is __________ vs. pre-modern medicine is ____________
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Science
Religion |
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Truth- Plato vs. Modernists
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Plato believes that truth comes from a knowledge of the forms
Modernists believe that truth comes from rationality |
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Explain paradox of love relations (Luhmann)
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-In order to affirm the other person and keep the relationship stable, you have to disaffirm yourself or a part of yourself.
Ex. Boyfriend is a vegetarian--> I have to sacrifice at meal times |
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Loves substitutes
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Market- buying things to help you feel affirmed
Therapy- paying someone to affirm you |
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What is love (baby don't hurt me, no more)
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Baumann- an exchange relation
Luhmann- seeking affirmation of self--total self |
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Total Self
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-You construct yourself
-You don't know if you'l be accepted |
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Parsons Theory on Relationships
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Personal and Impersonal Relations
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Personal Relations (4 Parts)
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Diffuse- interested in multiple facets (brother vs. doctor)
Affective- emotions accepted Particular- there are rules governing that relationship Quality- it's MY brother, not A brother |
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Impersonal Relations (4 Parts)
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Specific- interested in one facet
Nonaffective- no emotions Universal rules- same rules for all Performance- your performance in that role |
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There are more ______ relationships in Modern Society and more _______ relationships in Pre-Modern Society
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Impersonal
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5 Properties of a Gift
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Other-interested
Anonymous No Reciprocity No 3rd Party No Calculation Nonnegotiable Other perceived as in need |
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5 Properties of an Exchange
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Self-Interested
No anonymity Reciprocity 3rd Party Calculated Negotiable Other perceived as competitor |
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Philosophy (Euthyphro)
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a means by which we can find out piety
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Greek form/matter
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Form stays the same
matter changes |
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Hebrew form/matter
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there is no distinction- matter is already formed and already involved in activity
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Greek time
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each moment in time is filled with content
linear, separate discrete moments ex. repentance- erase moment and continue |
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Hebrew time
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Rhythm, past and future are constantly with you
ex. repentance- different meaning to past, present, future |
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Greek space
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empty container to be filled
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Hebrew Space
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defined activity occurring in it
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Greek Word
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- to gather, to order, categorize, represent, and correspond
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Hebrew Word
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- to drive forward, to bring to pass, to have effect
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Greek Being
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to be a thing, something has a particular essence to it
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Hebrew Being
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to be involved in activity, movement
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Post Modern
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to be a modernist but critical of modernist project
only agree with #1- social world, not divine |
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"I call them how they are"
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Objectivists- the way it is, representing truth
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"I call them how I see them"
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Subjectivism- it depends on your angle
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"They ain't nothin until I call them"
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Constructionist- it is through the call that it comes to be
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