THE EARLY MODERN PERIODHistory Of PhilosophyRATIONALISM
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RATIONALISM

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CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHYHistory Of PhilosophyEPICUREANISM
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OTHER CATEGORIZATIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING

There are other ways of classifying the forms of philosophic writing you may be asked to produce. The most prominent of these are: The Expository Paper The Argumentative Paper The…
History Of PhilosophyCLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY
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CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY

The Classical Period in philosophy was dominated by the teachings of Plato (427–347 BC) and Aristotle (384–322 BC) but gradually fell into a decline following the conquest of the independent…
THE EARLY MODERN PERIODHistory Of PhilosophyTRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM
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TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM

The philosophical system developed by Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), Transcendental Idealism sought to overcome the epistemological problems of Empiricism while providing a rational justification for Liberalism.
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHYHistory Of PhilosophySTRUCTURALISM
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STRUCTURALISM

Structuralism refers to research undertaken in the social sciences, predominantly in France, between the 1950s and 1970s, which sought to understand various social phenomena as a “closed system” of elements.
ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHYHistory Of PhilosophyLOGICAL ATOMISM
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LOGICAL ATOMISM

Although mostly associated with the logical analysis of language, analytic philosophy began in the philosophy of mathematics. Working independently, both Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell pursued programs of reducing mathematics…
FORMS OF PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGWriting PhilosophyTHE POSITION PAPER
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THE POSITION PAPER

A position paper may be viewed as a type of argumentative paper in that it states a claim—your position—concerning a topic, issue, or question and presents a justification for that…
History Of PhilosophyTHE PRE-SOCRATICS
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THE PRE-SOCRATICS

The origins of Western philosophy are usually attributed to Thales of Miletus (fl. sixth century BC), who taught that “everything was made of water” and thus that the universe, all…
LogicINTUITIONISM
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INTUITIONISM

One of the most familiar non-classical logics is intuitionism, which, in simple terms, is based upon the rejection of the law of excluded middle: (P ∨ ¬P). There are both…
LogicRELEVANCE LOGICS
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RELEVANCE LOGICS

A relevance logic is motivated by the idea that the premises of a valid argument must be somehow “relevant” to its conclusion. The idea is motivated by the fact that…
Traditional Branches of PhilosophyPhilosophy BranchesLOGIC
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LOGIC

Logic is concerned with studying the inferences we make, and the formal languages developed to systematize those inferences. This includes both the proof-theories and semantics for these languages, as well…
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHYHistory Of PhilosophyPHENOMENOLOGY
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PHENOMENOLOGY

As originally developed by Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), phenomenology seeks to provide a detailed description of the way in which things are presented to us—that is to say, phenomena —in an…
PHILOSOPHICAL BOOKS AND TEXTESSENTIAL READING IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
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Terms & Concepts

P

Pragmatism

A philosophy, originating with Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), and developed by William James (1842-1910) and John Dewey (1859-1952), holding that epistemological and metaphysical claims are best evaluated in terms of…
U

Unalienable rights

Those rights with which we were born; rights that cannot be taken away by another person,group, or government. https://youtube.com/shorts/cjLEiLTQDEY?feature=share
R

Relations of ideas

David Hume’s (1711-1776) term for those beliefs formed entirely by the mind, as in beliefs demonstrable exclusively by rational processes, such as deduction. https://youtube.com/shorts/-7ne9q-zODE?feature=share
A
Argument from design
M
Moral calculus
C
Connective
P
Presupposition
D
Divine command theory
M
Master morality
O
O-proposition
D
Dialectic
P
Principle of charity
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