Principles of Humanities
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?
Discovering THIS is the main purpose/aim of philosophy.
What is knowledge?
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.)
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?
Good karma results from this
What is doing GOOD?
This text explored the equality of humans and animals as Alice Walker came to a new realization through the observations of a horse.
What is "Am I Blue?"?
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?
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?
This view of reality believes that only the mind exists, and nothing exists/is real outside of the mind.
What is Solipsism
The major force, over soul, or sum total of the universe in Hinduism is called this.
What is Brahman?
This is something that does not have one specific answer but leads to many questions.
What is a philosophical question/inquiry?
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).
This form of reasoning yields only probable truths. Reasoning based on the best explanation of the facts.
What is abductive reasoning?
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?
Taoism, unlike Buddhism, believes harmony with the world is achieved through doing this.
What is working in the world?
This person believed that the mind is born in us since birth, is eternal, and said "all learning is remembering."
Who is Plato?
These are the TWO tools of Western philosophy
What are logic and language?
The perspective of the mind says that reasoning is the only way to prove things exist, NOT the senses.
What is rationalism?
When Renes Descartes was doubting the existence of everything to try to figure what truly did exist, what did Descartes realize that he could not doubt the existence of?
What is doubt/thought?
To get people to forget about themselves and their egos, Zen masters will...
What is humiliate and demean them?
This person is known as the "father of modern philosophy"
Who is Descartes?
This story from Plato describes how man's perspective of the world is forever changed when he escapes from a dark cave into the light of knowledge.
What is "The Allegory of the Cave"?
This perspective of the mind is that we can know ONLY what we can experience through the senses.
What is empiricism?
This religious philosopher developed 5 arguments to attempt to prove the necessary existence of God.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas
In the 2nd of the 4 Noble truths of Buddhism, pain and suffering in this world are caused by this.
What is desire/want/need/ego?