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Political Philosophy

Study of fundamental questions about government and justice.

Feuerbach

Critiqued Christianity, emphasizing human experience.

Soren Kierkegaard

Philosopher known for Christian existentialism.

Dialectic Analysis

Method of argument involving thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

Thesis

Initial proposition in dialectical reasoning.

Antithesis

Opposing proposition to the thesis.

Synthesis

Resolution combining thesis and antithesis.

Karl Marx

Philosopher who redefined Hegel's ideas into class structure.

Dialectical Materialism

Marx's theory integrating material conditions with dialectics.

Marxism

Political and economic theory advocating class struggle.

Nietzsche

Philosopher who declared 'God is dead' in 1882.

Nihilism

Doctrine asserting life lacks meaning or value.

Ubermensch

Nietzsche's ideal human transcending conventional morality.

Analytic Philosophy

20th-century philosophy focusing on language and logic.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosopher known for language games and meaning.

Tractatus

Wittgenstein's work on language and reality.

Existentialism

Philosophy emphasizing individual existence and freedom.

Phenomenology

Study of structures of consciousness and experience.

Structuralism

Theory asserting relationships define meaning across disciplines.

-Culture defines perspective

Semiotics

Study of signs and symbols in communication.

Deconstruction

Critical approach dismantling established narratives.

Quantum Physics

Study of sub-atomic particles and reality's nature.

1950-present
Authority- Culture, the Individual

Post Modern

Work of Feuerbach

-The Essence of Christianity
-Every aspect of God corresponds to some feature of human need
-Therefore God is the outward projection of humanity
-Therefore God is nothing more then man

Feuerbach’s Critique of Christianity

-Christianity appeals to the alienated- lower classes and uneducated who have no stake in social order
-Feudalism of Medieval Europe illustrated this principle at work
-"It is arguably better to feel good under a lie than to live a cruel reality"
-Marx: "Religion is the opium of the masses"

Work of Soren Kierkegaard

Mostly Consists of Christian Existentialism

Work of Karl Marx

-Hegels interaction is redefined as CLASS STRUCTURE within the historical social order
-Dialectical Materialism
-Thesis->KINGS
-Synthesis-> BOURGEOIS
-Anti Thesis-> PEASANTS

Marxism

THESIS-> Bourgeois
SYNTHESIS-> Communism
ANTITHESIS-> Proletariat

Nihilism

-philosophical doctrine that holds that life has no meaning or intrinsic value
-Nietzsche proclaims this view is characteristic of modernity

Nietzsche: Ubermensch

-Thus spoke Zarathustra, 1883
-Camel,Lion,Child
-Ubermensch (Overman or Superman)
=IDEAL, does not exist yet

Analytic Philosophy

- a redefinition of philosophy 20th century
-Ludwig Wittgenstein--Bertrand Russel
-Tractatus
-A REVOLUTION IN PHILOSOPHY

Existentialism and Phenomenology

-Edmund Husserl ->Origins of Geometry
-Eidetic -> after image
-Martin Heidegger
-Jean Paul Sartre

Post Modern Philosophy: The Current Age

-Structuralism
-Semiotics
-Deconstruction
-Quantum Physics

Structuralism

-there is a relationship between elements of all disciplines of study upon which all higher relationships are built
-MEANING of these relationships varies by culture, it is not universal
-meaning of anything is relative to one's cultural understanding

Semiotics

the study of how we communicate meaning (primarily through language)

Deconstruction

-"Take something apart"
-Originates in France in 1960s; appears first in literary criticism
-The "deconstruction" of the metanarratives of history

Quantum Physics

-The exploration of foundational reality: subatomic level of existence
-How much does our perception form/ affect our reality

-Martin Heidegger
-Jean Paul Sartre

-phenomenological analysis of consciousness.

-phenomenologists

Quantum Physics

platonic allegory of the cave is illustrated in

Platonian view

the context of quantum physics as well as the nature of reality and perception.

Cynic

rejects pleasure as final end

Hedonist

believes pleasure is the highest good and ultimate aim of life.