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Philosophy with Hackman at Hanover High School
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By: martin harris
Created: 2011-09-18
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A posteriori
Truths derived from experience "Truths of facts"
associates w/ Empiricism
A Priori
Truths derived not from experience but from a direct intuitive understanding of the truth "Truths of reason"
associates w/ rationalism
Aesthetics
study of the nature of beauty (art)
Chaos//cosmos vs. ex nihilo
chaos/ cosmos- universe arose out of chaos into cosmos (ordered universe)
ex nihilo- univers arose out of nothing
Cosmogony
narrative at to how the universe came to be
Cosmology
the study of the created universe
Denial of Infinite Regress/ Prime mover (or"cosmological" argument
the process will not continue forever it will not be infinity
Empiricism
knowledge comes from experience
Epistemolgy (3 elements)
the study of knowledge, thus of truth
associates w/ rationalism and empiricism
Eudaemonism
happiness
General-to-particular
direct immediate understanding of truth
associates w/ rationalism
Hedonism
pleassure
Induction
associates with empiricism
Innate knowledge
having self knowledge with out needing experience
assosiates w/ rationalism
Metaphysics
the study of being and reality as a whole
Mimesis vs. Expressionism vs. affectism
3 main aesthetic theories
Mimesis- imitate reality
Expressionism- expressing feelings through art
Affectism- how people react to the art
moral philosophy
the philosophy of right and wrong, of good and evil
Moral Relativism/ Moral Absolutism
Moral Relativism- morals change with time, place and circumstances
Moral Absolutism- morals don't change
Normative
how things should or ought to be
Ockham's Razor
the principle that the simplest explanation is the best
Ontology
the philosophical study of the nature of being, existence or reality as such, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations.
Particular- to - general
from particular instances of something to a general, even universal, statement about them, or about everything
associates w/ Empiricism
Problems of the two epistemological theories
rationalism- who says
empiricism- only probabilities
associates w/ both
Rational intuition
self knowing truths from within
associates with rationalism
rationalism
knowledge comes from intuition not experience
solipsism
theory that only own consciousness exists
Summon Bonum
the supreme highest ultimate good
The "omnis"
Omnibenevolent- given that god is all good
Omnipotent- given that god is all powerful
Omniscient- given that god is all knowing
Omnipresent- given that god is all present
The Problem of Evil
how can there be evil if god is so powerful/good
Theodicy
any attempt to respond to "the problem of evil"
Viewer/ artis/ work/ reality
4 main elements in aesthetics
knower/knowing/known
a tripart scheme is often implicit; knower (self), knowing (knowledge), and known (reality, presumably)
associates with rationalism and empiricism
Principium Individuationis
principles in metaphysics that allows us to identify individual objects
Immanent/transcendent
immanent- refers to divine presence
transcendent- going beyond some philosophical limit
Pantheism / Panentheism
Pantheism- god =universe
Panentheism- universe is part of god but god is seperate
Deism
Belief in clockwork universe
About this deck
By: martin harris
Created: 2011-09-18
Size: 36 flashcards
Views: 13
Created: 2011-09-18
Size: 36 flashcards
Views: 13
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