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Philosophy final

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The study of reality Metaphysics
Plato was a student of (SPAAg) Socrates
A verbal attempt to get other people to accept a belief\opinion by providing reasons why is an Argument
Three view that ultimate reality is composed of stuff Materialism
Aristotle invented _____ _ _______, determining how we think about things Doctrine off categories
The belief that everything in the universe has a purpose Teleology
This argument reasons from 1 statement to another by means of necessary logical reasoning Deductive argument
Ahh inductive argument that is weak, has 1 or more false premises, or both is Uncomment
The fallacy of ___ is when a general rule is applied to the case out was not intended to cover Accident
A fallacy in which be conclusion is drawn from atypical sample Hasty generalization
When the arguer conceals a premise not readily supported by the facts Begging the question
A ___ _ __ is the starting point for ones beliefs,ideas, feelings, biases, etc. Point of view
The study of questions concerning knowledge & truth is epistemology
Socrates physical death was caused by Drinking hemlock
Headlights associated ultimate reality with Change
Anaximenes believed the most fundamental thing is Air
Who proclaimed that water is the most basic " stuff" of the universe Thales
Who said, " a unexamined life is not worth living" Socrates
Who pursued scientific knowledge through research at v the academy? Plato
When an argue distorts an argument & attacks the argument The straw-man fallacy
What does philosophy mean? The love of wisdom
When a conclusion depends on an unlikely chain reaction Slippery slope
Hobbe's ___ is a type of materialism, limiting the self to simply the body Reductionism
On figuring out if whether arguments are acceptable, you need to know that v the ___ for the conclusion\conclusion are both true Support
Boh __ & ___ agreed that the enduring self is an illusion Buddah, David Hume
An argument cannot be invalid and still be __ Sound
" To know the good is to do the good" Equates knowledge with virtue
" Getting to the bottom off things" Philosophy
Leading b the listener of track Red herring
__ did not believe change is an illusion and the universe is constant Pythagoras
Who was known as the " Gadfly" for his constant irritating Socrates
Who practiced relativity & used rhetoric on ancient Athens Socrates
This fallacy is when the arbiter attacks their opponent in a way that is unrelated to the actual argument Ad hominem
Who believed true wisdom is recognition of your own ignorance Socrates
In training, we draw conclusions based on premises or Support
The study of the general characteristic of ultimate reality Metaphysics
According to Socrates, the ___ life is not worth living unexamined
While deductive arguments show their conclusion to be necessarily true, inductive arguments show them to be ____ true. probably
For Plato, conflicts within human nature often arise between emotions (spirit), and ____ Appetites (desires)
For Plato, the soul, which is pure, rules over the ___, which is less pure Body
" Havre you stopped cheating on exams?", Is an example of a ___ fallacy Complex question
The science that evaluates arguments Logic
In Aristotle's categories, ____ addresses the question of " what is?" Substance
This fallacy can be detected through analyses of v the content of the argument Informal
The reasoning expressed by an argument is Inference
An appeal to ___, is when the arbiter threatens the listener Force
A __ argument is a strong inductive argument that has all true premises Cogent
A valid deductive argument that has all untrue premise is an __ argument Unsound
Who assured that numbers are the "stuff"of the universe? Pythagoras
" Murder is morally wrong. This being the case, abortion is morally wrong." This is Begging the question
___ said that " existence preceeds essence" satre
What is the idea that there is no good by means of either belief or disbelief, Atheism
____ is the refusal to believe or disbelieve in God, due to lack of knowledge. agnosticism
___ is the worldview that sees no difference between the divine & the universe pantheism
____ attributes God certain human qualities Anthromorphism
_____ is a quality given to God showing his knowledge of all (appropriate) things. Omniscience
According to logical positivism for statements to be meaningful they must be ____ Provable through empirical evidence.
According to Plato, the ___ causes the essence off a thing. Form
According to _____, " whatever excites & stimulates our interests is real" Pragmatic realists
Aristotle's combines master with form to compose ____ Substance
Immanuel Kant called the ontological argument a ____; due to it's lack of clarity Tautology
Aquina's argument from design for God's existence is also called the ____ argument Teleological
The stance that all things are determined, but men are also responsible for their action is compatibilism
____ idealism asserts that three concious mind & it's perceptions are the only reality Berkley's
Aristotle's idea that everything in the universe b has its own unique purpose is Entelechy
Anselm's argument assumes as a premise, what it attempts to prove, ___ God's existence
Aquina's argument depends on the premise that_________ An infinite chain of movers cannot exist
Philosophers who raise the evidential problem of evil claim: There is a contradiction between the existence o evil & an all powerful God
For Hume, evil is the opposite of good, and: Inn direct opposition of God's existence
An ___ refuses to make a commitment regarding the belief in God Agnostic
Determinism eliminates choice, therefore eliminating ____ Responsibility
According to William James:decision is Not determined by biological forces
Plato did not believe in: Immortality of the soul
In the " wager" and Jane's pragmatism, not believing in God: Has negative effects
The transdence off God accounts for; his uniqueness from creation
According to Plato, we live in a world of Becoming
Who argued that God's being is " no-one that which greater can be conceived". Anselm
According to Plato,knowledge is a ___ of the forms Recollection
Traditionally, the West views God being completely ____ of creation Independent
Plato's "allegory of the cave" shows how ____ the world of being (the forms) is Real
Who was a vocal critic off the teleological argument due to an imperfect universe Hume
___ addresses the question " for what end is it made?" Final cause
A.J.Ayer argued that we should use the ____ to determine if a statement has meaning Verification principle
According to Plato, the world of ___, not the visible world of actual things is most real Ideas
According to Aristotle, we never find ___ without form, or form without matter. Matter
___ cause determines what a thing is, asking the question " what id's it?" Final
According to hard determinism, everything including your will id's caustically determined
According to Satre, " we are ___ to be free " Condemned
God's evident applicability, and know-ability it's down on God's ____ Immenence
Aquina's cosmological argument begins with his proof from ___ motion
In the teleological argument, ___ must direct those things that have no intelligence themselves. intelligence
Kant proposed that b it is ___ necessary to assume the existence of God. morally
William James argued that we lose vital ____ of we choose to disbelieve God good
The book of job serves as a ____ for theists, justifying the belief in God theodacy
Augustine argued that ___ is the probation of goodness, not the opposite of good Evil
___ emphasize the highest good for the greatest number. Utilitarians
_____ concluded that all our knowledge comes from experience Locke
____ asserted that reason lends us to clear& distinct , innate ideas Descartes
___ claim that pursuit of one's own interest is what constitutes the true good Ethical egoist
____ is the way of reason asserting that at least some of our knowledge can be acquired apart from the senses Rationalism
___ is the way of experience, explaining that all of our knowledge comes from experience Empiricism
__ emphasized that categorical imperative as duty for duty's sake Kant
____ assert that what is right in one place or time may be wrong on another Relativism
___ say that there is but 1 eternally true & valid moral code for all Absolutists
___ emphasized use of the happiness calculus to determine the total good of a choice Bentham
____ is a powerful 3rd party peacekeeper to establish & maintains order in a socity Leviathan
Life's & Rousseau's social contracts are Based on the belief that all men are created free and equal
Plato's idea of justice is Based on a person performing his task
Aristotle's idea of justice is Attempting to issue fairness between 2 parties
Locke allowed for probability or degrees of assent, therefore by using ____ reasoning Inductive
Hedonist find what to be intrinsically good? Pleasure
Aristotle argues that happiness is the ultimate end because ____. @@aol other ends are sought for the sake of happiness
Descartes looked to ___ as a method to arrive at the truth. Mathmatics
____did not agree with June that all of our knowlege begins with\arises out of experience Kant
Aristotle asserts that the ___ is primary for the individual State
The ________ ____ determines individual behavior based on what ought to be universal law categorical imperative
___ is doing good for its own sake Deontology
Who said that " a man is the measure of all things" Protagoras
Locke rejected the notion of _____ Intuition
Marx was influenced by ____ dialects materialism in his formation of socialism hegels
Someone following ___ advice would have to take into account the intensity, duration, &certainty of pleasure\pain resulting from an action Benthams
According to ___ truth exists outside the mind, as an eternal reality Berkley
___ believed causality was meaningless due to lack of empirical evidence Hume
___ would say that morality must be based on reason, not feelings. Kant
Aquinas purported that laws of nature are ____ to human created laws Primary
Nathan's principle of ____ says one should always act to promote the greatest good for the greatest number Utility
According to Kant, for a man to be ____ he must believe in some universal moral code Rational
Nietzsche said that " a ____ of truth hangs over every person" Tablet
Rousseau said that " man is ___ free & everywhere is in chains." born
Descartes "cogito ergo sum" is translated to I think therefore I am
Kierkegaard illustrated true good in the faith-fueled actions of ____ in genisis Abraham
Leibniz said our senses serve as _____ to what we know innatley reminders
Lockes concept of tabula Rasa is best translated to mean: Blank slate
___ is the immediate knowledge of something inate Intuition
According to plato, knowledge is more ____ than learning something for the first time Recollection
____ ethics is recognizing how behavior ought to be rather than simply how it is. Normative
___, according to Aristotle is the means between 2 extremes of an emotion or action. Virtue
Any Rand stated that ____ discourages us from fulfilling our greatest potential Altruism
Natural law opponents like Aquinas believe morality comes from the ____ Divine
Plato's Republic claims that the____-___ should be the ruler of the republic Philosophers king
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