Philosphers
John Locke is a philosopher associated with this era of philosophical thought.
Enlightenment Era
What is a social contract?
An unofficial agreement between citizens and the government that the government protects the citizens' natural rights in exchange for their civil obedience. Locke believed unjust authorities could and should be overthrown.
What school of philosophy would like this meme the most? (Bob)
A) Structuralism
B) Enlightenment Era
C) Existentialism
(C) Existentialism
The philosophers of the enlightenment used principles like skepticism and rationalism to develop their ideas.
True or False?
True
This essay argued that this Greek mythological figure found meaning in his simple task by continuously applying himself.
"The myth of Sisyphus"
This philosopher created a specific kind of German Idealism called Hegelianism.
George Hegel
Describe what separation of church and state is.
This principle states that the state and church should operate completely separately and not influence each other. This means the government should remain secular.
This horror image could be described as...
A) Simulacra
B) Hyper-real
C) A structural symbol
B) Hyper-real
This philosopher popularized the concept of the social contract.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Kant started what school of philosophy?
German Idealism (Kantianism)
This person believed that society is defined by class struggle.
Karl Marx
In existentialism, who or what creates meaning in life?
Humans create their own meanings.
This school may criticize memes as being a distraction from revolutionary activity, being an "opiate of the masses."
A) Marxism
B) Hegelianism
C) Existentialism
Marxism
Enlightenment thinking played a major role in what revolution?
The American Revolution
Hegelianism split into two factions. What were they? Double points if you can explain how they were different.
Rightist Hegelians: argued faith and reason were compatible and God was essential to philosophy
Leftist Hegelians: focus on dialectics and radicalized it to focus more on materialism, and criticizing issues of the current historical period
This philosopher described the world as hyper-real, contributing to post-modernist thought.
Jean Baudrillard
Explain the difference between materialism and idealism?
materialism: the idea that only the physical world exists, physical reality is more important than spiritual or abstract realities
Idealism is the theory that reality is made up of ideas and thoughts. It posits that we can only know through consciousness, and we cannot ever know if the outside world really exists.
The painting "This is not a pipe" points out the paradox of what structure in society?
A) Economics
B) Government power
C) Images
C) Images
The three branches of government we have is a reflection of what enlightenment idea?
Separation of powers
Structuralism argues the world is made of up what?
The world operates as a larger system made up of smaller systems that work together to create society. Things can only be understood in relation to other things, such as hot and cold
This philosopher's real name is François-Marie Arouet.
Voltaire
Explain dialectics (bonus points if you also explain dialectical materialism)
dialectics: where one concept (thesis) is put in contradiction to another concept (antithesis) until they reach resolution (synthesis) and become one.
Dialectical materialism: claims that social and other phenomena are material in nature, meaning the nature of contradictions are in the material world rather than the idealist world.
This image describes the four stages of what?
no hint :3
Simulacra
What is one common criticism of enlightenment era thinking?
It encourages unrestrained individual self-interest
This newer school of philosophy argues we live in a post-truth world, where we can no longer distinguish what is real and what is not.
Post-modernism