Philosophical movements 2B
Rationalism
Main authors: Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Leibniz
Interesting fact: Quote ¨I think, therefore I am¨ Rene Descartes
Description: knowledge comes from thinking.
Aristotelianism
Hedonism
Scholasticism
Humanism
Authors
Description: Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively.
Stoicism
Empiricism
Pragmatism
Platonism
Sophism
Main Authors: William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, John Dewey
Interesting fact: Friend zone is about being practical so it can be consider a pragmatism behavior
Description: Claims of a proposition, its true if it works in a correctly way or its practical and gives you benefits. If not its rejected.
Main Authors: Theophrastus, Eudemu Of Rhodes and Aristotle. Both Followers from Aristotle´s philosophy from the point of view of systematization.
Interesting fact: Aristotle was the teacher of Alexander the Great (One of the greatest military minds who, established the largest empire the ancient word has ever seen)
Description: Philosophical school that takes its inspiration form the work of Aristotle. Aristotle is a realist.
Interesting fact: All sophists were teachers and taught to politicians how to persuade people
Main Authors: Protagoras, Prodicus, Gorgias
Description: It is a philosophical movement which main objective is to persuade and always beat the others. The importance of having reason or having the truth.
Main authors: Epicurus, Aristipo de Cirene
Interesting fact: Hedonism is more related to the love life of people, and has been present on the greatest songs ever written
Description: Philosophical movement which states that pleasure can motivate us to do daily things, and that only pleasure has worth value.
Authors: Zenón de Sitio, Epictetus, Musonius Rufus
Interesting fact: About metaphysics, a branch of phillosophy that deals with abstract concepts
Interesting fact: The Stoics defined the goal in life as living in agreement with nature.
Description: Phylosophical movement that teaches self-control for
overcoming destructive emotions like
anger, fear and desire.
Main authors: Socrates, Plato and Aristoteles.
Description: The viewpoint that it exists abstract objects, which means that you cannot see, touch, taste, hear and smell
Main Authors: Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Alexander of Hales
Interesting fact: Schoolars defended faith and tried to expand Christianism
Description: It was a teaching method, that explained Christianism and combined the knowledge of Aristotle with theology.
Interesting fact: "Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions" - George Santayana
Description: It is the knowledge that you gain by your sense perception and the experiences you have.
Interesting fact: Humanism emphasizes the value of individual liberties, human rights and social justice.
-Erasmus of Rotterdam
-Juan Luis Vives
-Tomás Moro
Main authors: Plato, St Augustine, John Locke