What is Knowledge? What is Truth? Vocab

Objective Reality

the reality that truth describes. it is a reality that exists independent and regardless of one's own thoughts, feelings, preferences, or even knowledge of it

Intelligible

Knowable and understandable

Ethics

A branch of philosophy that studies the moral quality of human nature, what leads to human flourishing, and what harms us.

Inductive Reasoning

A kind of logical process that draws a probable conclusion based on particular evidence.

Enlightenment

A philosophical movement in the 18th century that denied the value of faith and maintained that reason alone leads us to truth, holding the potential to solve the problem of evil

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation of some observed reality that forms the basis for further investigation and experimentation to either prove or falsify the claim.

Philosophy

From the Greek Word "philosophic", which means "love of wisdom"." It is the study of ultimate reality and its causes by human reason alone.

Sensible Reality

Something we can grasp by use of our five senses.

Truth

That which corresponds to what is real

Intuition

The ability to immediately understand something, often by "gut" feeling or by instinct, without needing to think about it.

Marxism

The political, economic, and social theory of Karl Marx which holds that all history is the history of class struggle.

Reason

The powers of the mind, or intellect, to know and understand through the process of logic.

Science

The process of investigation into reality through observation and experiment.

Theology

The study of God based on divine revelation

Knowledge

True understanding of a certain reality or realities. When what we think with our mind corresponds to what is real, we possess knowledge.

Subjective Opinion

a point of view arising from one's own thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and knowledge