Terms and Definitions for Intro to Philosophy TERMS DEFINITIONS aesthetics alienation the study of what constitutes beauty in philosophy‚ a term indicating estrangement of people or things form what is considered their proper state. (German “fear”); a term introduced by existentialist thinkers to describe the feeling of apprehension invoked when a finite individual recognizes his existence in an infinite world‚ when he confronts the void outside his own conscious existence. a
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abstract object‚ the existence and nature of it is independent from our beliefs and judgments about them‚ they are unchangeable‚ eternal‚ uniform and always the same. The study of epistemology and metaphysics amounts to studying what the world is like and what we know about it. Topics of interest regarding epistemology in Plato’s case is in perception and knowledge. These notions generally are directed at something‚ knowledge has ideas that are known and perceptions require stimuli to be perceived
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Feminism and Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/benhabib-seyla/uneasy-alliance.htm Source: Feminist Contentions. A Philosophical Exchange‚ Seyla Benhabib‚ Judith Butler‚ Drucilla Cornell‚ Nancy Fraser‚ with an introduction by Linda Nicholson. Published by Routledge.‚ pp. 1-16. 1. The Feminist Alliance With Postmodernism A decade ago a question haunted feminist theorists who had participated in the experiences of the New Left and who had come to
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PHILOSOPHERS ANCIENT PERIOD Aristotle Famous for his writings on physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology‚ he was an extremely learned and educated individual. He is also among the first person to set a comprehensive system of Western philosophy which include views about morality and aesthetics‚ logic and science‚ politics and metaphysics. This system became the supporting pillar of both Islamic and Christian scholastic
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open mind to understand more deep and wise into the world. It’s one of those perennial topics that philosophy has been refining since before the time of Plato. The discipline is known as epistemology which comes from two Greek words episteme which means knowledge and logos which means a word or reason. Epistemology literally means to reason about knowledge. Epistemologists study what makes up knowledge‚ what kinds of things can we know‚ what are the limits to what we can know‚ and even if it’s possible
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FIELD DEFINITION HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT KEY CONTRIBUTORS PRINCIPAL ISSUES Epistemology the theory of knowledge‚ is the branch of philosophy concerned with these questions a. Schools of thought and historical development 1) Skeptics a) Ancient (1) Pyrrho of Elis (2) Sextus Empiricus b) Medieval (1) St. Augustine 2) Rationalists a) Ancient (1) Plato b) Medieval (1) St. Anselm (2) St. Augustine c) Modern (1) Descartes (2) Leibniz (3) Spinoza 3) Empiricists
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Anselm and St. Aquinas combined metaphysics and epistemology contention to proof God’s existence. Regardless their method in proofing the existence of God‚ their proof can always be challenged by those who don’t believed that there is a God who rules the entire universe. The world is exceptionally
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SPIRITAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY ISIENU-NUSKKA AN AFFILIATE OF UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA TOPIC THE CATEGORIES OF ARISTOTLE COURSE INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS 1 NAME MABKWE NICHOLAS CHUKWUNWEIKE REG. NO 09/UN/SI/A/0826 LECTURER REV. FR. DR. B. ABANUKA C.S.Sp. DATE JANUARY 2011 INTRODUCTION Aristotle (384-322BC) is one of the most influential philosophers of the western tradition and had many philosophical works credited to him. In his treatise on logic collectively
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Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha‚ Buddha‚ meaning "Awakened One‚" or "Enlightened One‚" is a title‚ not a proper name) lived 2500 years ago‚ he was son of a king and lived a luxurious and pampered life. He married at the age of 16. The turning point in his life came when he was 29‚ when he realized the inevitability of old age‚ sickness‚ and death. He became aware of the suffering incurred by people‚ he abandoned everything‚ departed leaving his wife and infant child behind to look for answers
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Academy in Athens when he was around 18 years old‚ and he studied there until he was about 37 years old‚ which was shortly after the time of Plato’s death. Aristotle’s writings covered an immense amount of subjects including logic‚ ethics‚ politics‚ metaphysics‚ biology‚ linguistics‚ and many more. After his departure from Plato’s Academy‚ he began tutoring Alexander the Great‚ and in turn‚ was announced as the head of the royal academy of Macedon. Soon after‚ in 335 B.C.‚ Aristotle went back to Athens
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