This subject is the study of art, thought, and other human creations-- the great things humans have thought, and how man expresses himself.
What is humanities?
100
Discovering THIS is the main purpose/aim of philosophy.
What is knowledge?
100
This type of reasoning starts as a general true statement and becomes more specific.
If a conclusion is made based on true premises, the conclusion will be true.
What is deductive reasoning?
(I would recommend being able to see an example.)
100
This theory assumes we can know reality.
The truth is knowing based on reasoning/facts/evidence from objective features of the world.
Belief corresponds with a real thing (by using evidence/facts of senses and reasoning)
What is correspondence theory?
100
Good karma results from this
What is doing GOOD?
200
Who developed "The Allegory of the Cave" in which a man's perspective of the world is changed when he finally escapes from a dark cave into the light of knowledge?
- Hint-He believes were are all born with a pure mind.
Who is Plato? (You should remember the gist of the allegory).
200
According to Bertrand Russell, what is it the practice of letting go of one's bias in order to question beliefs and become better citizens of the universe?
What is Philosophical contemplation?
200
This method begins with specific pieces of information or observations, and then it concludes with a generalization that may or may not be factual
What is induction?
200
This theory is a belief is true if it works for you (is to your advantage in some way).
Uniquely American school of philosophy.
E.g. It pays to believe in God.
It makes you feel better, so go with it.
What is pragmatic theory/pragmatism?
200
Zen Buddhists believe that this is a barrier between intelligence and reality.
What is language?
300
This is something that does not have one specific answer but leads to many questions.
What is a philosophical question/inquiry?
300
What did Bertrand Russell mean when he says" "Utility does not belong to philosophy"?
What is Philosophy is not always practical/useful for everyday life. (It doesn't pay the bills).
300
This form of reasoning yields only probable truths.
Reasoning based on the best explanation of the facts.
What is abductive reasoning?
300
This theory of reality is that truth is whatever fits into a coherent system of belief.
It must fit into a set of YOUR belief system.
Whether you believe it is true or not depends on other prepositions in your belief system.
What is coherence theory?
300
Taoism, unlike Buddhism, believes harmony with the world is achieved through doing this.
What is working in the world?
400
This person believed that the mind is born in us since birth and said "all learning is remembering."
Who is Plato?
400
These are the TWO tools of philosophy
What are logic and language?
400
If a tree falls in the forest and no one was around to hear it, this theory of reality would argue it would still make a sound even if there is no one there to perceive it.
What is realism?
400
This theory is a belief first put forth by the early Greeks that reality can be reduced into tiny bits called atoms; because atoms are so small, something does not have to be visible to be real;
What is materialism?
400
To get people to forget about themselves and their egos, Zen masters will humiliate and demean them.
What is humiliate and demean them?
500
This person is known as the "father of modern philosophy"
Who is Descartes?
500
This perspective of truth is that we can know only what we can experience through the senses.
What is empiricism?
500
If a tree fell in a forest and no one was around to hear it, this theory of reality would argue it does not make a sound.
What is idealism?
500
This theory suggests that the world exists independently from our sensations of the world;
our perceptions of the world do not create the world;
there is a separate reality; if the world had no percievers, the world would still exist;
What is realism--realistic theory?
500
"If you have to ask, you will never understand it" is a question that a ________________ may say if one asks what the truth was that Buddha discovered.
What is "If you have to ask, you will never understand it"?