Who is the founder of Zoroastrianism?
Zoroaster.
What is the key concept discussed in Kant's philosophy?
Transcendental philosophy and synthetic a priori judgments.
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Zoroastrianism

Who is the founder of Zoroastrianism?

Zoroaster.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What is the key concept discussed in Kant's philosophy?

Transcendental philosophy and synthetic a priori judgments.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What does Hume say about the relation between cause and effect?

It is not known a priori.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

How does Kant distinguish between analytic and synthetic judgments?

Analytic judgments do not extend knowledge, while synthetic judgments require additional information beyond the subject's concept.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What are the Four Causes according to Aristotle?

Material, Formal, Efficient, and Final Causes.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What does David Hume argue about knowledge of cause and effect?

It is derived from experience, not reason.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What type of knowledge does Kant argue exists?

Knowledge that is both a priori and synthetic.

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Buddhism

What is the main teaching of Siddhartha Gautama?

Paths to enlightenment and overcoming suffering.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What did Aristotle emphasize as sources of knowledge?

Empirical observation and reason.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What is the foundational statement of René Descartes?

'I think, therefore I am.'

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Stoicism

What did Marcus Aurelius believe in regarding fate?

Accepting fate and the unity of all things.

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Confucianism

What philosophy emphasizes self-improvement and setting an example?

Confucianism.

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Hellenistic Philosophy

What did Plato develop regarding the ideal world?

The theory of Forms.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What method does Descartes use to find a foundation for knowledge?

Radical doubt.

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Christian Theology

What did St. Augustine believe was the path to salvation?

Original sin and divine grace.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

According to John Locke, what is personal identity based on?

Continuity of consciousness, not the identity of substance.

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Islamic Philosophy

What was Averroës critical of in philosophy?

Theological interference.

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Empiricism

What did Francis Bacon advocate for?

Empirical research and repeatable experiments to understand nature.

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Epistemology

What did Nelson Goodman argue about inductive reasoning?

He argued that inductive reasoning is unjustifiable but necessary for understanding the world.

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Idealism

What did Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel develop?

Dialectics, arguing that history unfolds through contradictions and synthesis.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What does Kant mean by synthetic judgments?

Judgments that require something additional (X) beyond the concept of the subject.

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Daoism

What did Laozi advocate for?

Harmony with the Tao through inaction and humility.

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Early Chinese Philosophy

What principle did Thales believe is the essence of all things?

Water.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What key concept does Aristotle emphasize in understanding a thing?

Knowing its 'why' through the Four Causes.

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Atomism

What concept did Democritus develop?

Atoms as the building blocks of the universe.

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Islamic Philosophy

What ideas did Avicenna contribute to Islamic philosophy?

Developed ideas about essence and existence.

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Critical Rationalism

What was Karl Popper's argument regarding scientific theories?

He argued that scientific theories must be falsifiable and can never be confirmed, only disproved.

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Philosophy of Logic

What was Willard Van Orman Quine's stance on analytic and synthetic statements?

He denied the distinction between analytic and synthetic statements, advocating for holistic science.

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German Idealism

What concept did Friedrich Schelling propose?

A unity of nature and mind, with both shaping each other.

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Philosophy of Time

What did Henri-Louis Bergson propose about time?

That time is experienced as duration and cannot be reduced to scientific measurements.

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Scholasticism

What did St. Thomas Aquinas synthesize?

Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology.

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Mysticism

What was Meister Eckhart's focus in philosophy?

The mystical relationship between humans and God.

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Logical Positivism

What was Alfred Jules Ayer's stance on meaningful statements?

He proposed that statements must be empirically verifiable to be meaningful, dismissing metaphysics.

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Feminism

What focus did Simone de Beauvoir have in her work?

She explored how women are objectified and marginalized in society, focusing on existentialism and feminism.

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Transcendental Idealism

What did Immanuel Kant propose about reality?

That reality is shaped by the structures of human perception.

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Historical Epistemology

What did Giambattista Vico argue about knowledge?

That knowledge arises from human history and social constructs.

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Logicism

What did Bertrand Russell suggest about mathematics?

That it can be reduced to logic and that natural language is too imprecise for scientific knowledge.

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Empiricism

What did Roger Bacon advocate for?

A comprehensive study of the natural sciences.

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Philosophy of Mind

What critique did Gilbert Ryle make regarding mind-body dualism?

He argued that mental and physical states are not comparable.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What is Thomas Reid known for defending?

Common-sense realism, opposing skepticism and empiricism.

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Existentialism

What concept did Friedrich Nietzsche critique?

Traditional morality, proposing the concept of the 'will to power.'

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Idealism

What did John McTaggart claim about time and matter?

He claimed that time and matter are illusions, and reality is a community of eternal people.

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Existentialism

What did Jean-Paul Sartre claim about human existence?

He claimed that humans are condemned to freedom, constantly choosing their existence.

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Rationalism

What is René Descartes famous for?

'Cogito, ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am).

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Utilitarianism

What principle did Jeremy Bentham found?

Utilitarianism, arguing for the greatest happiness principle in ethics.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What is the main focus of Immanuel Kant's work?

Critique of Pure Reason.

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Pragmatism

What did John Dewey propose about knowledge?

He proposed that knowledge is always fallible and tested through experience.

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Philosophy of Language

What did Alfred Tarski develop in philosophy?

He developed a formalized notion of truth by introducing metalanguage.

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Humanism

What did Desiderius Erasmus criticize?

Corruption in the church and state.

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Romanticism

What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe about humans?

In the natural goodness of humans and the corrupting influence of society.

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Philosophy of Language

What theory did John Langshaw Austin develop?

He developed the theory of speech acts, showing how language performs actions.

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Pragmatism

What approach to truth did Charles Sanders Peirce promote?

An experimental approach, focusing on practical consequences.

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Political Realism

What did Niccolò Machiavelli advocate for in governance?

Pragmatic and strategic governance, separating politics from morality.

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Materialism

What did Thomas Hobbes believe about human behavior?

That physical laws determine human behavior, focusing on selfishness and survival.

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Feminism

What did Mary Wollstonecraft advocate for?

Women’s rights and equality in a male-dominated society.

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Pragmatism

How did William James define truth?

As something verified through experience and its usefulness over time.

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Logical Positivism

What was Rudolf Carnap's main contribution to philosophy?

He advocated for rigorous logical analysis and the use of formal language.

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Skepticism

What did Michel de Montaigne emphasize?

Human frailty and self-examination.

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Pantheism

What did Baruch de Spinoza propose about God and nature?

That God and nature are one; everything is a manifestation of a single substance.

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Idealism

What did George Berkeley claim about reality?

That only minds and ideas exist; reality is a product of perception.

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Analytic Philosophy

What did George Edward Moore argue about common sense?

That it and ordinary language solve many philosophical problems.

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Mathematical Logic

What concept did Kurt Gödel introduce?

He introduced the concept of incompleteness, proving that arithmetic cannot be completely formalized.

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Philosophy of History

What did Robin George Collingwood emphasize in his philosophy?

He emphasized re-creating historical contexts to understand events and art.

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Christian Mysticism

What did Nicholas of Cusa emphasize?

Human ignorance in relation to God's incomprehensibility.

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Empiricism and Rationalism

What philosophical stance did David Hume advocate?

Skepticism regarding human understanding and empirical knowledge.

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Empiricism

What concept did John Locke introduce regarding the mind?

The mind as a blank slate (tabula rasa) that gains knowledge through experience.

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Pessimism

How did Arthur Schopenhauer view the world?

As driven by irrational will, with suffering as a core element of life.

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Marxism

What did Karl Marx believe shapes human consciousness?

Social and economic systems, particularly class struggle.

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Nominalism

What did Peter Abelard argue regarding universals?

He argued that universals don’t exist; concepts are based on resemblance.

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Sense-Data Theory

What did Henry Habberley Price suggest about perceptions?

<p>Perceptions involve intermediary sense-data, not direct objects.</p>

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Scholasticism

What relationship did John Duns Scotus explore?

The relationship between human freedom and divine will.

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Nominalism

What is William of Ockham known for?

Advocating for simplicity in philosophy, known for 'Ockham's Razor.'

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Phenomenology

What did Maurice Merleau-Ponty argue about perception?

He argued that perception is fundamental to understanding our world, emphasizing the body's role in experience.

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Philosophy of Language

What did Ludwig Wittgenstein argue about the meaning of words?

He argued that the meaning of words depends on their use in ordinary language, rejecting formal logic as the only source of meaning.

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Idealism

What did Gottfried Leibniz believe in?

Monads, indivisible units of reality, programmed in harmony by God.

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Phenomenology

What did Franz Brentano emphasize in his philosophy?

The intentionality of consciousness and its relationship to objects.

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Existentialism

What did Karl Jaspers believe about individuals?

<p>Individuals can confront their existence in limit situations (suffering or death)</p>

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