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IB Phil - Phily

IB Philosophy important Philosophers

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Rationality Based upon having Objectivity in life There is one focused truth in life Humans are made to find this one truth 1. Self Control 2. Mathematics 3. Self Evidence All used as main rationalist concepts and points
Irrationality Lack of: 1. rational knowledge 2. Objectivity 3. Self-control Man is subjective, not objective Cannot see the world independently without themself
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Plato Believes: 1.. All humans beings have a soul 2. The human soul has three parts 3. Unique human component of the should does two things a. IT controls other parts (I.E. desire) b. IT has access to truth because it is able to think about the world
Descartes Followed Platos beliefs, added laws and principles: 1. Law of identity 2. Law of non-contradiction 3. Law of excluded middle 4. Principle of Sufficient reason Reasoning is a gift of god
Hobbes Believed reason is less powerful than imagination Used skepticism as a main point against rationalism Reason is nothing more than a calculation Also "concepts we have invented and not truth" is a belief
Hume 1. God We amalgamate power to a central being 2. Morality Nowhere is it possible to evaluate morals as good or bad 3. Basic Principles of reasoning Things are nothing more than complex ideas just like imaginary ideas
Darwin Believed in natural selection Challenged the long valued theological arguments "Is man an ape or an angel? - counters by Benjamin Disraeli
Freud
Nietzches
Locke
Watson
Marx
Butler
Relativism What thing constitutes reason and rational
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