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Study of what is real or 'the is-ness' of things
Metaphysics
Practice of denying physical pleasure to achieve logic and virtue
Christology
Plato's story illustrating his theory of perfect vs. imperfect realities
Allegory of the Cave
According to Kant, the foundation of morality is:
Categorical Imperative
Moral excellence or a good trait
Virtue
Which of the following philosophers is known for “God is dead”?
Nietschze
Darwin's theory of survival and evolution
Natural Selection
(T/F) Marx believed individuals should own the means of production
False. They should be collectively owned according to Marx.
Belief in achieving pleasure as life’s highest good
Hedonism
Emotional awe/fear at beauty beyond comprehension
Sublime
People who sell their wisdom for status or money
Sophists
The people who emphasized sense perception
British Empiricists
Freud is known for focusing on:
Subconscious desire
The concept of Predestination deals primarily with?
Divine foreknowledge and control
Which philosopher is associated with the idea of “thesis, antithesis, synthesis”?
Hegel
(T/F) Natural Philosophers were primarily interested in spiritual rituals.
False. They were interested in explanations of the natural world.
Blank slate; idea that humans are born without innate ideas
Tabula Rasa
Branch of ethics focused on duty and obligation
Deontology
A moral law everyone should follow as if it were universal
Categorical Imperative
A philosophy centered on meaninglessness and rejection of all values
Nihilism
The study of knowledge and its acquisition
Epistemology
Concept focused on analyzing language use as a meaning making event
Discourse Analysis
(T/F) George Berkeley believed all things exist in the mind of God.
True.
(T/F) Mythology is always fictional and has no religious value.
False. Myth is a genre that is used frequently in the Bible. That does not mean its untrue.
(T/F) The Socratic Method is a way of teaching by lecturing.
False. It is by asking questions.
Study of the end times
Eschatology
(T/F) Epicurus was obsessed with logic and rationality over physical experience and friendship.
False. He thought community and connection were very important. Also, reason alone is boring.
Non-essential attributes of a thing (like size, color)
Accidents
The phrase “Ad Fontes” was central to which period?
Renaissance
Baruch Spinoza believed:
God is nature, and people lack free will
A superhuman ideal who exercises the will to power
Ubermensch
What is the branch of philosophy that deals with questions of values?
Axiology
Who said "I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am."?
Rene Descartes
(T/F) Neo-Platonism claims that the material world is a copy of a higher ideal reality.
True.
Which term best describes Plato's belief in eternal, perfect ideals?
Idealism
Practice of denying physical pleasure to achieve logic and virtue
Hedonsim
Despair over purposeless existence
Existentialism
(T/F) Søren Kierkegaard is considered the “father of existentialism.”
A method of teaching by asking questions
Socratic Method
What branch of philosophy deals with morality and moral decisions?
Ethics