41. Rationalism HEADS UP! a priori and a posteriori The expressions “ a priori ” and “ a posteriori ” are Latin idioms. They are phrases; in other words, priori (or http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/rationalism.html

Rationalism Sandra LaFave West Valley College HEADS UP! a priori and a posteriori The expressions � a priori � and � a posteriori � are Latin idioms. They are phrases ; in other words, "priori" (or "posteriori") by itself, without the "a", means nothing. The expressions are " a priori " and " a posteriori ". There is a space after the "a". These expressions function as adjectives or adverbs: that is, they modify a noun (such as �knowledge,� �statement,� or �claim�), a verb (such as "know") or an adjective (such as �true� or �false�). The � a � in these expressions is the Latin preposition meaning �from.� So � a priori � means �from before [observation]� and � a posteriori � means �from after [observation]�. The expressions � a priori � and � a posteriori � describe how we know the truth or falsity of a statement. A statement is true or false a priori if no observation or experiment is required to determine if it is true or false. Examples of a priori statements are mathematical assertions, statements true or false by definition, and logical truths and falsehoods. We �just know� when some claims are

42. Rationalism - Psychology Wiki Rationalism, also known as the rationalist movement, is a philosophical doctrine that asserts that the truth can best be discovered by reason and factual analysis, rather than http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Rationalism

Wikia Skip to Content Skip to Wiki Navigation Skip to Site Navigation Wikia Navigation Start a wiki Entertainment Fall TV Auction Hunters ... Psychology Wiki Psychology Wiki Navigation Random page Popular pages Most visited Newly changed ... Review of General Psychology Random Page Wiki Activity Watchlist Recent changes Talk Rationalism Edit Read more: Epistemology Philosophical movements Edited by Lifeartist View full history Assessment Biopsychology ... Industrial Philosophy: Consciousness studies Epistemology Ethics Mind-body problem ... Postmodernism This article is not about continental rationalism Rationalism , also known as the rationalist movement , is a philosophical doctrine that asserts that the truth can best be discovered by reason and factual analysis, rather than faith dogma or religious teaching. Rationalism has some similarities in ideology and intent to humanism and atheism , in that it aims to provide a framework for social and philosophical discourse outside of religious or supernatural beliefs; however, rationalism differs from both of these, in that: As its name suggests

43. Ancient Greek Philosophy The Ancient Greeks, Part One The PreSocratics. Dr. C. George Boeree http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/greeks.html

The Ancient Greeks, Part One: The Pre-Socratics Dr. C. George Boeree "Know thyself." inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi Psyche Thymos , meaning breath, life, soul, temper, courage, will; Pneuma , meaning breath, mind, spirit, or angel; , meaning mind, reason, intellect, or the meaning of a word; Logos , meaning word, speech, idea, or reason. Psychology : Reasoning about the soul. Probably coined by the German philosopher and reformation theologian Philipp Melanchthon in the mid 16th century. First used to mean "study of the mind" in Christian Wolff's Psychologia Empirica (1732) and Psychologia Rationalis The Greeks Western intellectual history always begins with the ancient Greeks. This is not to say that no one had any deep thoughts prior to the ancient Greeks, or that the philosophies of ancient India and China (and elsewhere) were in any way inferior. In fact, philosophies from all over the world eventually came to influence western thought, but only much later. But it was the Greeks that educated the Romans and, after a long dark age, it was the records of these same Greeks, kept and studied by the Moslem and Jewish scholars as well as Christian monks, that educated Europe once again. We might also ask, why the Greeks in the first place? Why not the Phoenicians, or the Carthaginians, or the Persians, or the Etruscans? There are a variety of possible reasons.

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