Philosophy Terms and Concepts: A Comprehensive Glossary, Quizzes of Philosophy

Download Philosophy Terms and Concepts: A Comprehensive Glossary and more Quizzes Philosophy in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Fallacy DEFINITION 1 faulty form of reasoning TERM 2 Principle of Sufficient Reason DEFINITION 2 everything has a cause TERM 3 Infinite Regress DEFINITION 3 everything has a cause going all the way back forever TERM 4 Platonism DEFINITION 4 the belief in abstract objects, such as numbers, as well asmaterial objets TERM 5 Nominalism DEFINITION 5 only material objects exist, reject existence of abstract objects TERM 6 Innate DEFINITION 6 born with, exists within TERM 7 Essence DEFINITION 7 qualities, without which something couldn't be what it is TERM 8 Agnosticism DEFINITION 8 the belief that one cannot know if there is a God TERM 9 Monism DEFINITION 9 there is only one thing, the body (or the spirit) TERM 10 Necessary Truth DEFINITION 10 something for which the denial of leads to a contradiction such as: a triangle has three sides TERM 21 Proposition DEFINITION 21 a statement that supports a notion TERM 22 Argument (philosophy) DEFINITION 22 a sound argument for which the premises support the conclusion;a sound argument is one which the conclusion follows logically from the premises and the premises are true. TERM 23 God (philosophy) DEFINITION 23 greatest conceivable being possessing all perceptions TERM 24 Correspondence Theory of Truth DEFINITION 24 what is true is what corresponds to the real world TERM 25 Coherence Theory of Truth DEFINITION 25 a truth that is coherent with other sets of truths and beliefs I hold TERM 26 Pragmatist Theory of Truth DEFINITION 26 what is true is what is useful TERM 27 Skepticism DEFINITION 27 Descartes skepticism that one cannot trust one's own senses TERM 28 Perception DEFINITION 28 Perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting sensory information.