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Absolute
Metaphysical perspective whose source of ultimate reality is external to self. Reality is constant, fixed, stable.
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Axiology
Branch of philosophy which studies the nature of values
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Atheism
The belief that no deity exists
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Agnostic
The belief that knowledge of deity is impossible, can't be known
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Aesthetics
Study of beauty and ugliness, art values and principle
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Asceticism
The belief that physical self-torture or self-denial could discipline an individual to achieve spiritual competence
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Deduction
The method of reasoning which involves drawing inferences from the general to the specific
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Determinism
A belief that individual behavior and natural events are predetermined, hence, no one is able to choose
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Ethics
The sub branch of axiology that deals with moral conduct
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Existentialism
The "youngest" of the four schools of thought
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Empirical
Knowledge that is confrmed by the senses, observable
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Epistemology
The branch of philosophy which deals with the nature of and acquisition of knowledge
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Eclectic
Not follow any one philosophy but selects beliefs from many schools of thought and creates own
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Humanism
The belief that Man is the highest order of reality
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Hedonism
The "ism" or belief that pleasure is the highest good
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Immaterialism
The belief that something exists which is not material, e.g. spirit
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Intuition
The kind of knowledge that a person finds originating from within, in a moment of insight
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Induction
The method of reasoning which involves drawing inferences from the specific to the general
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Materialism
The belief that the thing which exists is material, matter
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Metaphysics
The branch of philosophy which considers theories about the nature of ultimate reality
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Monism
In metaphysics, the theory that reality is quantitatively one single entity
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Objective
Values that exist in their own right regardless of human preference
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Optimisim
The belief that existence is good or life is worth living
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Philosophy
The love or seeking of wisdom
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Pantheism
God and the universe are one and the same thing
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Relativism
Metaphysical perspective whose source of ultimate reality is ones self. Reality is changing, based on experience
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Revelation
The kind of knowledge that comes from God
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Rational
Knowledge gained by reasoning using only the mind
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Speculation
The mode of philosophizing that concentrates on finding the whole, the comprehensive picture or meaning
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The Four Branches that constitute the study of Philosophy
- 1. Metaphysics
- 2. Axiology
- 3. Epistemology
- 4. Logic
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