Ethics day 1-5

Philosophy

love of wisdom

metaphysics

Truth, big questions, ultimate reality

after the natural

the study of exsistence

ontology

the study of being

epistemology

the study of knowledge

how do we know what we know?

ethics

the study of right and wrong

presupposition

assumption beforehand

idealism

ultimate reality is immaterial

physical world is an imperfect representation of a perfect immaterial thing

realism

ultimate reality is material

the immateral is unable to be grasped by the senses, therefore only that which can be tested empirically

dualism

two equal opposing forces

monism

one singular source of reality

pluralism

many sources of reality

priori knowledge

prior knowledge

posteriori knowledge

gained knowledge

rationalism

knowledge is gained through reason/ rationality

empiricism

knowledge gained through sense experience