Philosophy

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Key Words/

Definitions

1.

Philosophy: thinking about thinking

a.

Philein; to love

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To love wisdom

b.

Sophia: wisdom

2.

Autonomy: people’s ability to make rational

decisions

3.

Materialists: matter is the basis of everything

that exists

4.

Metaphysics: exploring the nature of reality

5.

Philosophical System Builder

6.

First Order Language

7.

Second Order Language

8.

Socratic Method

9.

Thought Experiment

10. Philosophical Argument

11. Areas of Philosophy

Key People

1.

Socrates

2.

Brenda Almond: Defined philosophy

a.

Willingness to pursue an argument to its

conclusion, challenge the argument, and always being open to rebuttals.

b.

Commitments to philosophy

i.

Commitment to truth

ii.

Commitment to knowledge

c.

*Philosophers understand what exists in the

nature of said existence

3.

Karl Jaspers

4.

Plato: man becomes aware of Being as a whole, of

himself and his limitations

a.

Liberation and redemption

b.

By recognizing his limits he sets himself the

highest goals

5.

Aristotle

6.

Thales of Miletus

7.

Rene Descartes

8.

Zarathustra: viewed the world as a struggle b/w

good and evil

9.

Abraham Maslow

10. David A. Hoekema

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