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Philosophy Vocab 1
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Philosophy
10th Grade
09/07/2011

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Teleology
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the branch of philosophy dealing with the ultimate purpose and design of the universe.
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The Golden Mean
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the ethical middle position between two extremes.
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Metaphysics
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the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality.
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Metaphysics
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the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality.
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Epistemology
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develops a theory of knowledge
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Ethics
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to determine the good and right thing to do. The branch of philosophy that deals with good or right conducts.
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Ontology
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the theory of being.
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Particulars
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the imperfect copies that make up the physical world
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The Forms (eidos)
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the perfect and unchanging reality that the particulars pattern themselves after.
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Dualism
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the view that reality consists of two realms.
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Mimesis
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copy, imitation.
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Arete
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virtue; able to perform our duty well. Moral excellence.
the habit or acting at the mean between the extremes of behavior.
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Elenchus
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the Socratic Dialect; Socrates conversational technique for obtaining wisdom.
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The Great Chain of Being
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the categorical and hierarchal structure of reality.
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Interlocutor
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the person being questioned in a Socratic Dialectic
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Piety
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holiness; one of the ethical ideas that Socrates pursued for living a good life.
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Anamnesis
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recollection, remembrance; Plato's theory for education.
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Relativism
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the view that the truth is relative to the individual.
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Rhetoric
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the art of persuasive speech.
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Humanism
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a concern primarily for human beings and their welfare.
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Objective
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existing independently of our perceptions, judgements, or feelings.
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Subjective
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that which is derived from the individuals mind and has no external reality.
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Eudaimonia
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happiness; fulfilling one's potential.
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Materialism
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the belief that physical matter is most real
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Atomos
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"uncuttable"; the particles that make up the physical universe.
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Void
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Empty space
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Flux Change
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The logos of reality according to Heraclitus
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Logos
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the underlying principle of the universe; that which stays constant while all else changes.
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Philosophy
Definition
the love of wisdom.
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Cosmos
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the universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole.
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Orphism
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Greek "mystery religion" that believes in the soul and reincarnation.
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Harmony
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parts of a whole working smoothly together.
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Ratio
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a numerical relationship between things.
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Proportion
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a part in relation to the whole.
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The Golden Section
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1.618...; one of the many mathematical proportions found in nature and used in art and architecture.
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Ad Infinitum
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without end, to infinity.
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Paradox
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an idea that goes against common sense but may be true.
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Rationalism
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a belief that reason is the primary tool for gathering knowledge.
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Material Cause
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the material or stuff from which the thing is made.
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Formal Cause
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the form that an object must take so that it can be distinguished from other objects.
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Efficient Cause
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the force or work needed to make an object
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Final Cause
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the ultimate purpose of an object before it is created.
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Heraclitus
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"One cannot step into the same river twice"
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Thrasymachus
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"Justice is in the interest of the stronger" or "Might makes right"
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Socrates
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"The unexamined life is not worth living"
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Aristotle
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"The unplanned life is not worth living"
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Protagoras
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"Man is the measure of all things"
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Gorgias
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there is nothing, if there were anything, no one could know it, and if one could know it, no one could communicate it.
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Callicles
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wanted as much pleasure as possible
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Pythagoras
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"All is but a number"
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