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ontology
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the study of being. the study of what is real.
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phylosophy
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translates into "the love of wisdom".
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sophos
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greek "wisdom"
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sophists
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"wise ones" the first recorded philosophers
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arche
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the begening, the first, or the underlying
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episteme
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greek "knowledge"
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metaphysics
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"after physics" used to discuss the greater questions of why and how of the cosmos
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cosmos
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ordered whole
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dialectic
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art of questioning. used by Socrates
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epistemology
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the study of knowledge
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axiology
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the study of worth or value
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samsara
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sanskrit "going around" the base idea of reincarnation and/or karma
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karma
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the deeds and acts that bind us to the world.
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nirvana
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the release from samsara and karma
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nous
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greek "mind"
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Telos
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greek "order or purpose"
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entelechy
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"Inner purpose or end"
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relitivism
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the concept that everything is relitive to everything else and nothing is absolute
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Idealism
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everything is about or in the mind
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materialism
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everything is about or in matter
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pragma
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greek "things done"
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pragmatism
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all that matters is actions
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Thales
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the first greek and "western" philosopher.
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plato
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student of socrates. said humans are triportite (three parts)
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plato's tripartite
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1)personality
2)life
3)philosophy
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monist
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a philosopher that believe that everything is one or has one underlying base
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pluralist
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many reasons or causes or bases for the cosmos
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