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PHILO AND RE Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

FIRST PART OF PHILO AND RE

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

PHILOSOPHY

philosophy
discipline that uses human reason to invese­tigate the ultimate causes, reason and principles that govern all things
philosophy
pursuit of wisdom
wisdom
ultimate goal of philo
knowledge
acquired through studying
wisdom
acquire through experience
practical wisdom
skill in calcul­ation and evaluation of conseq­uences; choose means which leads good end
philos­ophical wisdom
knowledge of the true principle; needs good intuition and judgement
philos­ophical question
abnormal atypical imprac­tical; inspired by wonder; aims to satisfy hunger for truth and seek comfort from uncert­ainties
philos­ophical question example
what is justice; the meaning of life; purpose of life
the socratic method
challenge the norms, common­sen­sical knowledge and beliefs of his collea­gues; asking yes or no question (goal is to make one hungry for genuine unders­tanding)
socrates
midwife
 
BRANCHES
aesthetics
beauty art and the nature of value judgement (how we judge appear­ances and beauty)
metaph­ysics
deals with being and reality (meta-­aft­er/­beyond) phusik­a--­nature)
episte­mology
deals with knowledge (epest­ime­--k­now­led­ge;­log­os-­-words and reason0
logic
deals with correct reasoning (logos­--word reason speech discourse
 
deals with reasons for accepting a belief or statement (true, valid, or justified)
ehtics
moral philos­ophy; concerned with how people ought to act to live a good life
holistic point of view
partial point of view
 
CRITICAL THINKING
kritikos
means able to judge discern, and evaluate
reflective thiking
suspension of judgement and examin­ation of one's reasons to invest­igate beliefs and conclusion
John Dewey
american philos­opher
 
CORE ACTIVITIES OF CRITICAL THINKING
Analysis
breaking down
evaluation
giving appraisal
argume­ntation
providing conclusion reasons and evidence
opinion
expression of belief
fact
expression of knowledge
philo means love and sophia means wisdom
philos­oophy begins with wonder
 

UNDE­RST­ANDING CHRIST­OLOGY

Recogn­izing that knowing Christ is a lifelong tasks
knowing jesus is a living, changing, growing and deepening experience
the Jesus we come know is both the historical earthly Jesus and the Christ of faith
to know Jesus means being committed to following Him, being His desciple.
We come to know Jesus for what he did, his salvific mission
entering a relati­onship with Jesus to know Him