Terms 1
Define Philosophy
The study of the fundamental questions of life. The love of Knowledge.
Define Aesthetics
A Set of principles concerned with beauty and artistic taste.
Define Rhetoric
Rhetoric - The art of convincing your audience.
example an essay
Who is Karl Marx
Political Philosopher who coined communism. Concerned with class conflict, a political philospher
Define Metaphysics
The branch of philosophy that studies questions outside of the human senses.
Define Logic
The study of thoughts in its concerned with reasoning arguments and verifying them.
Avoiding fallacies.
The Four Domains of Truth: Define Mystica
Mystica - Citing a higher power in an argument.
Who is Aristotle
Greek Philosopher, and personal tutor to Alexander the Great.
Created the oldest known version of the scientific method (as we formally know it today)
Define Epistemology
The investigation in verifying what we know as knowledge. Discovering if what we know is true and how we know.
Define Fallacies
Seemingly convincing arguments that are based on false premises. [Ex. on a slippery slope]
he Four Domains of Truth: Define Logica
Logica - Using logic or reasoning in an argument.
Who is Plato?
A pro wrestler. The inventor of the platonic relationship haha.
Many of his philosophies concerned reality, beauty and the self.
ex. allegory of the cave
Define Value Theory
What individuals or groups of people value in life, this can be in ethics or aesthetics.
Philosophy of Science
The study of nature and implications of science in our lives. The use of the scientific method and the belief in science as fact.
The Four Domains of Truth- Define Empirica
Empirica - Using experiences rather than actual logic in an argument
Who is Socrates?
One of the first known philosophers in the western tradition.
Socratic method- asking questions like Why? until you get to the base answer.
was he even real?
forced to commit suicide for corrupting the youth
Define Ethics
Moral principles that help decide whether certain actions or behaviours are appropriate.
Define Social and Political Philosophy
The study of society and politics and how people should organize and govern themselves.
Political: Capitalism, communism, socialism, fascism; Social: racism, feminism
The Four Domains of Truth- Define Rhetorica
Rhetorica - Using convincing language as truth. The way in how you say something.
Who is Arthur Shopenhouer?
"'You are not an evil human; you are not without intellect and education; you have everything that could make you a credit to human society. Moreover, I am acquainted with your heart and know that few are better, but you are nevertheless irritating and unbearable, and I consider it most difficult to live with you" ---- His mom
the love philosopher.
Brought many Eastern philosophies mainly from India, to a Western audience that had been ignoring them for a long time.
also surprise surprise was a racist and a sexist .