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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
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