Areas and Concepts

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Metaphysics

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ta meta ta phisika

Nature of reality, time and existence.

Is the world as we experience it real?

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Logic

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logos

Systematic way of thinking

Methodological tool

Objective way of thinking

How does systematic thinking helps us to reach conclusions?

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Ethics

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ethos

The study of virtue and character

What is good and bad

Finding "the good"

Is punitive justice the only way to make a bad person good?

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Epistemology

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Episteme

Logos

How senses can create knowledge

Study of knowledge, memory and perception

Development of beliefs and justification.

How can one truly know?

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Aesthetics

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Aisthetikos

Study of beauty, senses and perception

Study of art.

How can art imitate the world?

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Reason

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Area: Philosophical Anthropology

"Less objective" than logic because involes human feelings and experiences.

It is used to persuade people and support arguments.

It separates us from the beasts.

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Ethics

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Ethics both as concept and philosophical area

It studies the character and the personality.

How to live with virtue. Virtue: behiour of moral standards, excellence.

Making decisions with the principles of good and bad.

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Justice

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In Ancient Greece it was seen as living in harmony.

Balance and fairness.

Needs based justice

Merit based justice

Justice as Equality

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Knowledge

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Philosophical Area: Epistemology

Proposition: statement valued true or false

Belief: a proposition with positive attitude

 Justification: process to value

 Know: Justified true belief

To know something is tohave justified beliefs.

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Truth

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Metaphysics

Reliable and verifiable statements.

The reality of what is.

Said that people need truth to live a better life.