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Philosophy Mid Term
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
04/06/2016

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Paradox
Definition
Contrary to "what appears" or is believed, yet arguably true
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Dualism
Definition
the mind and body are not identical
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Empiricism
Definition
all knowledge must come directly from your senses
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Matter
Definition
that out of which something is composed
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Form
Definition
that by which something is what it is
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Two Kinds of Form
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Substance and Accidental
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Substance
Definition
something that exists fully through itself
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Accidental
Definition
quality
quantity
when
where
relation
action
passion
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3 Substances
Definition
form, matter, combo
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2 Kinds of Matter
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secondary and prime
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Secondary
Definition
matter that still has underlying form (bronze statue of someone)
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Prime
Definition
matter that has no form (bronze alone)
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A priori
Definition
not constituted by any possible sense perception
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A posteriori
Definition
empirical knowledge
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Relativism
Definition
all truth is simply a matter of opinion; there is no objective truth
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Nihilism
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life has no meaning; absurd; Nietszche
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Sophist
Definition
"itinerant law professors"; teachers of how to make one's opinion prevail
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Hylo-morphism
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all physical things are composites of two explanatory principles: actuality that comes from potentiality
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Really Real World
Definition
knowledge in the strong sense; visible shape; the intelligible look of something; intelligibility; causes the existence of things in this world; no triangles unless triangle itself
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This World
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knowledge in the weak sense; instances, examples, imitations; participations (take part in x self)
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4 Causes
Definition
Aristotle
Matter, Form, Efficient, Final
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3 ways of finding meaning
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working, suffering, encountering nature (love)
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2 Kinds of Knowledge
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Weak Sense and Strong Sense
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Knowledge in the Weak Sense
Definition
proposition can be true or false; nothing is necessary
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Knowledge in the Strong Sense
Definition
proposition is only true, never false; there is no false knowledge
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4 Arguments for the immortality of the soul
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Cyclical, Recollection, Affinity, Final
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Cyclical
Definition
all change is between opposites
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Recollection
Definition
a priori vs. a posteriori
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Affinity
Definition
destructible vs. indestructible
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Final
Definition
Theory of the Forms
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3 Principles of Cognition
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1) a kind of becoming 2) what causes it? the object known 3) through what in us? Though a likeness or similitude: that by which or with which
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5 powers of the soul
Definition
vegetative, sensation, desire, self-locomotion, intellect
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5 external senses
Definition
in presence of external object: sight, smell, hear, taste, touch
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4 internal senses
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imagination; sense memory; estimative power; common or central
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Proper
Definition
belongs to something alone
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Common
Definition
belongs to more than one
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Incidental
Definition
per accidens
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Early Dialogues
Definition
brief, usually asking what is x?; no conclusion
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Middle Dialogues
Definition
typically end in myth or story (Phaedo); Plato's Theory of Forms
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Late Dialogues
Definition
dramatic setting decreases; Socrates is often no longer the main figure
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