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phil final Questions And AnswersDistinction between Postmodernism and Postmodernity Correct HH
Answers Postmodernism- philosophical movement that denies
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the possibility of human objectivity or certainty in knowledge.
postmodernity- cooperation, holism, particulars
American Exceptionalism Correct Answers the sense that
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America is distinct from, perhaps superior to, the other nations
of the world in some significant
Kant's epistemology Correct Answers reason connects our
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experiences to understand truth.
Critical Realism- Correct Answers a view that affirms by faith
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that reality exists, even though our perception of that reality will
always be skewed by fact that we inevitably view it from a
certain perspective.
Karl Marx- Correct Answers materialist, ideas are not evolving
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but a world where wealth was distributed evenly.
Georg Hegel Correct Answers found truth by dialog between
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conflicting views
Distinction between Hard and Soft Postmodernism Correct HH
Answers Hard postmodernism is belief that we will never know
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anything of end times. soft says that what we know is relative to
our culture.
, The Renaissance Correct Answers - rebirth of the cultures in
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the 1400s and 1500s drawing on ancient Greek and Roman
models.
Leo Tolstoy and Art Correct Answers he saw art as a feeling
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we all shared and had in common
Sigmund Freud Correct Answers a person's childhood made
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them who they are today
Plato and Art Correct Answers the extent to which art
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represented or imitated rational truth
Oscar Wilde and Art Correct Answers Art is art for art's sake.
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trying to make it imitate something or tell truth made it bad
Moral Relativism Correct Answers the idea the right and
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wrong depend on the situation, time or place.
The Fact-Value Problem Correct Answers the difficulty of
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finding an intrinsic connection between the "facts" of the world
and the "values" we assign them.
Act-based Ethics Correct Answers ethics oriented around what
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we should do or not do.
Duty-based Ethics Correct Answers act based approach to
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ethics that focuses on acts that are universally right or wrong in
themselves ( lying, stealing)
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