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Published on Nov 18, 2015

Classic Branches of Phil

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Western Philosophy

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Western philosophy originates in Greece. European countries to the west (UK, Germany, France, Italy, etc.) and Northern American countries fall under Western Philosophy.
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logic

How should a person arrive at a decision?
Logic--rules of proper thinking
Aristotle
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Epistemology

How do we learn?
Descartes
study of the theories of knowledge
Do we learn from experience or from intuition

Metaphysics

What is reality?
Metaphysics
Plato
Beyond what science can prove.
study of the nature of reality
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ethics

What is the right way to live?
Socrates
He didn't invent morality. He just studied it.

can stories teach morals?

Angela D. Cotner, M.A., J.D.

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