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Amber D
Module 1
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the field of study and analysis that treats of god and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity. | Theology |
Metaphysics | The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value. |
The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge. Epistemology asks the question “How do we know what we know?” | epistemology |
that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. | ethics |
the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind. | anthropology |
the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct. | philosophy |
analogy | a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. |
Diametrically | in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete: diametrical opposites; a diametrical difference. |
Conceptual | - Of or relating to concepts or mental conception: conceptual discussions that antedated development of the new product. |
Supernatural | of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal. |
Relative | something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc. (opposed to absolute) |
Moral | of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes |
Deterministic | the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes. |