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Philosophy Definitions
Basic philosophy definitions
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 3
09/30/2015

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philosophy
Definition
the love of wisdom
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wisdom
Definition
fundamental understanding of reality as it relates to living a good life, judgment, reflections, and human condition
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metaphysics
Definition
study of ultimate reality and what is real
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epistemology
Definition
study of nature, limit, and extent of knowledge
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ethics
Definition
study of right and wrong or judgment about moral behavior
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social/political philosophy
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study concerned with the nature and origin of the state, the effects of society's power
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aesthiecs
Definition
study of value
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arguement
Definition
a set of claims put forth to support a position
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premise
Definition
supporting statements of an arguement
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skeptic
Definition
somebody that will question. will be in doubt until answer is proved
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utilitarian
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someone who believes that an action is right if it maximizes pleasure and minimizes pain. overall happiness
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dualism
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any philosophy that divided existence into two (brain and mind/soul seperate)
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materialism
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reality is essentially matter (mind in not seperate from brain, mind is part of the body and brain functions)
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theism
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conception of god
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atheist
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denial of theism (no god)
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agnostic
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position that if god exist cannot be known
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pantheism
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God is fully expressed in nature and material world
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social contract
Definition
agreement among citizens or between the ruler and the ruled that defines the rights and duties of each part
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alienation
Definition
the estrangment of workers from their work, their fellow citizens, and themselves as the result of capitalism's explotive nation
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natural rights
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rights to life, liberty, property, etc.
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totalitarianism
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political belief that the power to rule must be given exclusively to the state
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karma
Definition
what I do another I do to myself
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samsara
Definition
continues cycle of births, deaths, and re-births resulting from karma
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nirvana
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state in which individuality is extinguished or the state of enlightenment in which all pain, suffering, mental anguish, and the need for successive re-births disappear
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cosmos
Definition
the world as an ordered whole
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cosmology
Definition
branch of metaphysics dealing with the study of principles underlying the cosmos
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existentialism
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emphasizes the uniqueness and freedom of the human person as an individual
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golden mean
Definition
moderate action between undesirable and extremes
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virtue
Definition
attribute of living in accordance with the highest human capacity and reason
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