Philosophy Vocabulary

was one of the greatest philosophers of all times, though he never recorded his philosophy in writing.

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

gathering together different ideas into a single, unified vision.

• Articulation

• Argument

• Analysis

• Synthesis

supporting your ideas with reasons from other ideas, principles, and observations to establish your conclusions and overcome objections.

• Analysis

• Articulation

• Synthesis

• Argument

putting your ideas in clear, concise, readily understandable language.

• Analysis

• Ariculation

• Synthesis

• Argument

understanding an idea by distinguishing and clarifying its various components.

• Synthesis

• Analysis

• Argument

• Articulation

the study of the formal structures of sound thinking and good argumentation.

• epistemology

• ethics

• logic

• Aesthetics

the study of the nature of art and the experiences we have when we enjoy the arts or take pleasure in nature, including an understanding of such concepts as “beauty” and “expression.”

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Aesthetics

• Logic

the study of knowledge, including such questions as “What can we know?” and “How do we know anything?” and “What is truth?”

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Aesthetics

• Logic

the study of good and bad, right and wrong, the search for the good life, and the defense of the principles and rules of morality.

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Aesthetics

• Logic

the philosophical study of religion, the nature of religion, the nature of the divine, and the various reasons for believing (or not believing) in God’s existence.

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Philosophy of religion

• Political