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MAT philosophy Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aristotelianism | medieval study and development of Aristotle's philosophy |
| atomism | the belief that matter consist of atoms |
| dialectical materialism | a metaphysical doctrine originally propounded by Engels and held by Marxist. Matter is primary and is covered by dialectical laws. |
| empiricism | the view that all knowledge is derived from experience; Locke, Berkeley, and Hume are notable empiricists. |
| existentialism | the view that the subject of philosophy is being, which can't be made the subject of objective inquiry but can only be investigated by reflection on one's own existence. Kierkegaard and Sartre. |
| idealism | the view that the so-called "external world" is actually a creation of the mind. Berkeley and Hegel |
| logical positivism | a radical empiricist position; the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consist in the method of its verification |
| Marxism | the body of doctrines originally propounded by Mark and Engels: includes dialectal Materialism |
| neoplatonism | the dominant philosophy in Europe from 250-1250 ce; begun by Plotinus. A combination of Plato's, Aristotle, and Pythagoras ideas |
| phenomenology | a method of inquiry which begins from scrupulous inspection of one's own conscious thought process. Developed by Husserl |
| pragmatism | originally used by pierce as a theory of meaning; later by james a theory of truth. |
| rationalism | the view that knowledge of the external world can be derived from reason alone, without recourse to experience (Descartes, Leibnitz and Spinoza) |
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