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Introduction to Philosophy
Key terms of the Introduction to Philosophy
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08/26/2013

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Socrates
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Athenian philosopher with a gift for rhetoric and debating.
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abstract thinking
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rising above petty concerns and transforming our existence into a bold experiment in living.
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reason
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capacity for consciously making sense of things. Applying logic.
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Plato
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The student of Socrates.
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Aristotole
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The student of Plato. Western philosopher
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infer
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What we know for certain
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assumptions
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believe many things without having thought about them
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presuppositions
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to suppose to assume something beforehand
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critical
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examine carefully or cautiously
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argument
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an attempt to justify our beliefs
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system
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ordered assemblage of facts
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proof
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evidence to establish a thing as true
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Dao
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"The Way" oriented the Philosophy of the Chinese
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Isaac Newton
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British philosopher-scientist. Inventor of the laws of the universe, Calculus
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autonomy
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our most basic assumption
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