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Define the following terms: 1.      Skepticism 2.      Rationalism 3.      Empiricism 4.      Pantheism 5.      Pragmaticism 6.&nb

Define the following terms:

1.      Skepticism

2.      Rationalism

3.      Empiricism

4.      Pantheism

5.      Pragmaticism

6.      Copernican revolution in philosophy

7.      Existentialism

8.      Problem of evil

9.      Transcendental realm

10.   Descartes substance dualism

11.   Philosophy of mind

12.   Turning test

13.   Chinese room

14.   Hume’s view of causation  

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1. Skepticism: In every day usage Skepticism means doubting or questioning the credibility of a concept or a thing. In philosophy Skepticism means keeping in view the limitations of human knowledge avoiding claims of certainity about the truth of any concept, that is living a room for analysis from a different angle.

2. Rationalism: Rationalism is accepting the authority of logical and deductive reasoning for gaining knowledge than depending on human sensory experiences that are subjective in nature.

3. Empiricism: Empiricism is depending on sensory human experiences as observation and perception. Knowledge is gained by learning from the experiences of life.

4. Pantheism: Pantheism is a belief that everything has come from God, everything is an expression of God's nature and God abides in all.

5. Pragmatism: Pragmatism is a philosophical idea that stresses on the importance on moving on to more meaningful and practical aspects of a concept that satisfies and rejecting those aspects that are not useful and are not satisfying or do not yield any result.

Hayet Jeridi answered 11 months ago
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