Big Names
This leader vocally called for a return to Nationalist principles through his America First policy.
Who is Donald Trump?
This principle means that every thought is always directed towards an object or event.
What is intentionality?
In Phenomenology, philosophers give detailed ____ of how things appear to consciousness, rather than explaining why they occur.
What are descriptions
In 1962, this book by Rachel Carson warned that pesticides were harming birds and the food chain.
What is Silent Spring?
This political conflict involving the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain ultimately hinged on individual liberties vs monarchy.
What is the American Revolution.
This writer who wrote the book Walden believed people should live simply and stay connected to nature.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This “law” describes society’s intellectual development through the theological, metaphysical, and positive stages.
What is the law of three stages?
This era was marked by an interest in objective truth, scientific advancement, and empowerment of the individual as well as a skepticism of traditional narratives.
What is The Enlightenment Era?
This document, written by Olympe de Gouges, was indirectly modeled off of the American Declaration of Independence.
What is "The Declaration of the Rights of Women."
This event was the uprising of Hungarians against their communist government.
What is the Hungarian Revolt?
This famous Gilded age philosopher said "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. 'Tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning"
Who is Mark Twain?
Wordsworth once said, “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” He meant that writing, as a rule, should come from this.
What are your true feelings?
In the hierarchy of sciences proposed by Comte, this discipline sits at the top as the “queen of the sciences.”
What is sociology?
Name one of the two poets who teamed up to publish Lyrical Ballads in 1798, often seen as the start of English Romantic poetry.
Who are William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
The progressive movement aimed to address issues being ignored during this era in American history.
What is the Gilded Age?
This French philosopher, often called the "father of positivism," made the term and developed the "law of three stages."
Who is Auguste Comte?
This foundational principle of Rationalism "Cogito, Ergo Sum" proves the existence of the thinker. which translates to what?
I think, therefore I am
This term refers to a key principle in progressivism, advocating for the government to play an active role in solving social and economic problems.
What is government intervention?
Jean Jacques Rousseau, wrote this book to explore how a government can claim power in a legitimate way that doesn't trample individual freedom.
What is "The Social Contract"?
This term describes the belief that a people who share a common language, history, and culture should be an independent nation.
What is Nationalism?
This student of Husserl shifted phenomenology from consciousness to human existence.
Who is Martin Heidegger?
This philosopher wrote "The Prince" and his ideas are often paraphrased under Utilitarian ideologies as a simple rule "The ends justify the means."
Niccolo Machiavelli
This field applies materialism by explaining the brains functions through physical processes instead of a “soul”
What is neuroscience?
Topics such as God, Nature, Free Will, the Mind-Body relationship, and human emotions are explored in this influential work by Baruch Spinoza.
What is Ethics?
Known as the "Father of Western Thought", this philosopher declared that the unexamined life was not worth living. Maybe that's why he was put to death?
Who is Socrates?