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Philosophy 1301
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05/06/2008

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genealogy
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Foucault's philosophical method was called _.
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Nietzsche
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Genealogy in the philosophical sense can be traced back to _.
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political
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Regarding power, Foucault believed a body is immersed in a _ field.
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diffuse; systematic
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The microphysics of power says that technologies that control the body are usually _ and not _.
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exercised.
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Foucault said that power is _, not possessed.
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power-knowledge
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A name for the agenda when information is being exchanged is called _.
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discourse
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Foucault said that power-knowledge is disseminated in the form of _.
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condemned person; king
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According to Foucault, the body of a _ or a _ is alive as discourse before they are born.
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panopticon
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For Foucault, a _ is a symbol of internalization.
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Bentham
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The panopticon was developed by _.
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punishment; surveillance
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Foucault said _ and _ create who we are.
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Derrida
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The philosopher who dealt with deconstruction was _.
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anti-foundationalism
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Derrida said the most important thing about deconstruction is its lack of absolute truths, or _.
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text
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According to Derrida, books, art works, sermons, and shows are all examples of _.
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language
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Derrida said that _ can be deconstructed.
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différance
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Because of Heidegger, Derrida uses the term _ for both language and the physical world.
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sign; gram
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According to Derrida, a _ or _ does not refer to an object, but only to others like it.
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binary
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Levi-Strauss said that societies organize their world views into _ oppositions.
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absolute truths
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Anti-foundationalism is the lack of _.
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hard; linear; present; rigid
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Taking after Freud, Derrida called truth _, _, _, and _.
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phallogocentrism
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Derrida called philosophy's demand for irreversible truths _.
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signifier
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In language, a sign's _ is its spelling.
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signified
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Derrida said a sign's _ is the universal idea it seems to represent.
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referent
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A sign's _ is the individual object it seems to represent.
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an aporia
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The idea that hospitality is inhospitable is called _.
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possibility
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An aporia is when a _ is not what it seems to be.
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freeplay
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Nietzsche's affirmation of a world without absolute truths or origins was what Derrida called _.
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Rorty
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Philosophers such as _ say that there will never be a true description of anything, just re-descriptions.
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correspondence
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William James said the _ theory of truth deals with an idea being true when it is in parallel with us.
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reality
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James said an idea is considered true when it corresponds to _.
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verified
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James and Rorty prefer to call something true when it is _.
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pragmatist
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A _ is a person who says something is true only when it is verified.
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cow path
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James used the _ example to demonstrate pragmatism.
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final vocabularies
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According to Rorty, the words people retain to explain their actions are their _.
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ironist
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Rorty said that the _ is someone who does not think one final vocabulary is better than another.
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credit
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Pragmatism says that truth lives on a _ system in that it passes as long as nobody challenges it.
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cash value
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The _ of something being true is the difference it will make in someone's actual life.
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Daly
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According to _, Christ was prejudiced when he asked his mother what he has to do with her.
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radical feminism
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Daly said that Christian promises of an afterlife have inhibited _.
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Aquinas
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According to Daly, the subordinate role given to women by _ makes them appear evil.
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genocide; rape; war
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Daly's idea of the Most Unholy Trinity is made up of men's _, _, and _.
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power; justice; love
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Daly's Most Holy and Whole Trinity is made up of _, _, and _.
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fifty-fifty
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Daly said that the prospect of a _ culture is absurd.
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misogynistic
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According to Daly, the book of Numbers is _.
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phallocracy
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A society or system that is dominated by men is a _.
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vicarious
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Daly said that men who are not rapists enjoy rape in a _ sense.
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Zack
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According to _, there is no category in the United States for a person of mixed race.
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what he thinks he is; what others think he is
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Zack said factors shaping self-identity, besides what a man wants others to think he is, are _ and _.
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universal-to-race
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Zack said there are no _ characteristics of a person.
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kinship schema
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A symmetry between black and white purity is part of Zack's _.
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deracination
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Zack wishes to displace black and white categories altogether through _.
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problematize
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Zack, using Foucault's terminology, wishes to _ the concept of mixed race.
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not white
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Zack wanted color to be the word to describe mixed race, but it was too often used to mean _.
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capitalist; patriarchal; white-supremacist
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The philosopher bell hooks used the terms _, _, and _ to describe American society.
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privileged; white
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According to hooks, _ and _ women blame men for problems, yet discriminate against poor and black.
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post-Enlightenment
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Humanism posits universal sameness, while _ philosophy embraces difference.
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solidarity
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The belief that one can forge _ between women while recognizing differences is hooks's main point.
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Levinas
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Using the Ethics of Difference, _ said to always listen for the trace of the other person.
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reductivize; totalize
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Levinas said to never _ or _ another person.
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ethnocentric
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Individuals who share similar perspectives are _, according to hooks.
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cosmopolitanism
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Hooks said that ethnocentric people reject _.
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grass-roots
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The separation of _ ways of sharing feminist thinking is gone, according to hooks.
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kitchen tables
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Women need to share their thinking across _ instead of leaving it in the spheres of the academy.
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inter-woven
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Hooks said that race, class, and gender exploitation are _.
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Rorty
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According to _, humans are converging on a correct description of the universe.
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Foucault
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Genealogy was the philosophical method used by _.
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Derrida
Definition
The one who said the most important thing about deconstruction is its lack of absolute truths was _.
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Foucault
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Power-knowledge was proposed by _.
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Zack
Definition
The woman who is one of America's foremost commentators on the philosophy of race is _.
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Daly
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The Most Holy and Most Unholy Trinities were talked about by _.
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Levi-Strauss
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Binary oppositions were dealt with by _.
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Foucault
Definition
The man who dealt with bodies being immersed in political fields was _.
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Daly
Definition
The woman who was a radical feminist and theologian was _.
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Derrida
Definition
The man who wrote about the philosophy of language and phallogocentrism was _.
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Rorty
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The language philosopher who came up with the idea of final vocabulary was _.
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Levinas
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The proponent of the Ethics of Difference who said not to reductivize or totalize was _.
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the soul
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Foucault's significance of punishment is that _ is born from it.
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self-surveillance
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Foucault said the sum of _ constitutes the soul.
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