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Political philosophy
Ethics
Aesthetics
Epistemology
Logic
Metaphysics
Personal-Emotional context
Social context
Social context
Personal-Emotional context
Personal-Emotional context
Personal-Emotional context
Social context
Social context
Social context
Personal-Emotional context
Personal-Emotional context
Social context
The branches of philosophy
personal-emotional context...
Ethics within a Personal-Emotional context can help reconsider our actions.
Personal-emotional context...
Login within a Personal-Emotional context can help acknowledge the reason to our emotional feelings.
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Epistemology in a social context can be any situation where we wonder about the credibility of knowledge.
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Metaphysics in a Social context can be a debate/discussion about reality, which can affect our views or ideas on the topic.
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Political philosophy within a Social context can come into place in a discussion about the government, the law and as a society.
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Metaphysics in a Personal-Emotion context can be a case of reflection on a personal life, where emotions are presented.
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Epistemology in a Personal-Emotional context can be a situation where you wonder about your past belief or knowledge.
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Modal Logic (Saul Kripke)
Mathematical Logic (Frege, Russell)
Syllogism (Aristotle)
Kripke´s modal logic studies necessities and possibilities, deducting if something is possible or needed.
Frege and Russell used symbols and math formulas for logic, this is now crucial for math and computational sciences.
Logic
Logic is a philosophy branch that studies arguments and reasons.
Aristotle proposed a logic deductive method, where two or more premises will lead a conclusion.
Virtue Ethics (Aristotle)
Deontology (Immanuel Kant)
Kant´s Deontology explains if a person’s moral is good or bad based on the action and not the consequences, based on principles that apply to everyone.
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ETHICS
Ethics is a philosophy branch that studies human conduct.
Aristotle´s Virtue Ethics proposes that happiness is achieved through balance and practice.
Monism vs. Dualism (Descartes)
Monism proposes that both mind and our physical body are connected as a unique substance, in contrast, dualism is the opposite.
Aristotle proposes the idea of reality made up as matter and form. Those can be: material, formal, efficient, and final.
Theory of substance (Aristotle)
Theory of forms (Plato)
Metaphysics
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On Plato´s ideal world, he proposes about the image of a perfect idea that we perceive as shadows.
Metaphysics is a philosophy branch that studies reality.
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Theory of Disinterested Aesthetics (Kant)
Theory of Mimesis (Plato and Aristotle)
Theory of the Sublime (Burke, Kant)
Kant´s arguments that art and beauty should be disinterested, and instead just take pleasure without looking for meaning or use.
Both Plato and Aristotle viewed art as a reflection of life, but Plato as a distorted copy, and Aristotle as an essence of human nature.
aesthetics
Aesthetics is a philosophy branch that studies art and beauty.
Berke´s expressed sublime as something that attracted non positive emotions, while on Kant´s case, was the opposite.
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RATIONALISM (RENÉ DESCARTES, BARUCH SPINOZA)
John Locke's Tabula Rasa emphasizes learning through experiences, while David Hume's Skepticism questions certainty in sensory experiences.
THEORY OF JUSTIFICATION (EDMUND GETTIER)
EMIRISIM (JOHN LOCKE, DAVID HUME)
epistemology
Epistemology is the philosophy branch that studies the theory of knowledge.
Decartes believed in knowledge through reasoning. Spinoza believed existence leads to understanding God or nature.
Gettier´ describes justified true beliefs as knowledge, but not all the time, as a justified true belief can happened but not be knowledge.
Personal-Emotional context...
Political philosophy within a Personal-Emotional context can come into wonder when thinking about our personal actions as citizens.
Theory of Justice (John Rawls)
Social Contract Theory (Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Rawl proposed the “veil of ignorance” in a society, decided by principles. Bakunin and Proudhon argued about Anarchism, where the state authority is oppressive.
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political philosophy
Political Philosophy is a philosophy branch that studies how societies should be constructed.
Hobbes favoured absolute sovereignty to prevent anarchy, while Locke supported natural rights through social contract. Rousseau emphasized freedom and equality.