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Cards (32)

What is the aim of life in Buddhism?
to break the cycle of rebirth by achieving nirvana
What are the three things life is marked by
The three marks of existence
what is Anicca  
the teaching that nothing lasts and everything is changing
What is anatta  
the teaching that there is no soul
what is dukkha  
refers to the suffering of life
What do the four noble truths help u understand
Understanding the condition of life and the way to overcome this
What are the four noble truths?
Life means suffering(dukkha)
The origin of suffering is craving
u can cease suffering if people are satisfied and understand reality and stop craving
the path to ending suffering is the eightfold path
What are the Noble Eightfold Paths
Right views/understanding
right intention
right action
right speech
right livelihood
right effort
right mindfulness
right contemplation
What do the eightfold paths do
helps reduce suffering and can also be used to achieve nirvana
what are the five precepts
do not lie
no sexual misconduct
do not kill
no intoxicating substances
no stealing
Shamatha meditation 
Shamatha meditation allows us to experience our mind as it is
why can Buddhism be considered a religion?
narrative which are symbolic stories included in Buddhism as the Tipitaka
rules such as the five precepts and eightfold paths which shapes a buddhists life
why might Buddhism not be considered a religion
they do not have a god which is considered the basic of a religion and is why it may be viewed as a spirituality
What is Mahayana  
The later type of buddhism which accepts the idea of supernatural buddhas called bodhisattvas who help achieve enlightenment
what is Theravada  
the older type of buddhism which traces its beliefs back to the first Buddhists and emphasises on achieving enlightenment
What is empiricism  
The theory that knowledge is gained through the senses
rationalism  
the theory that knowledge is gained through reason
What is scepticism  
the theory that certain knowledge is impossible. questioning the validity of the world around u
what is told by the allegory of the cave
plato distinguishes between people who mistake sensory knowledge for the truth and people who see it as the truth using many of the representations
what does each thing mean in the allegory
prisoners are us who believe their senses
the cave as the illusionary world
the shadows are what we perceive
the world outside is the truth
the prisoner who escapes are philosophers
the sun is philosophical knowledge
What are the similarities between the allegory of the cave the Truman show and the matrix?
all three are controlled by a greater power and realise they are unaware of reality and the truth
all demonstrate the false acceptance of the truth and when dug further there is another layer of truth
the need to move on beyond their senses in order to gain knowledge
what are the differences between the three
plato‘s prisoner leaves by himself Truman is given a choice and neo is helped
truman is the only one with experience of false truth
neo and many others wanted to escape however the other prisoners didn’t want to
What is radical scepticism
Not being able to tell for sure whether we are dreaming and how we can tell we know any truth about the world we are living in
What are the three waves of doubt
illusion-his senses deceiving him must be rare so he accepts them as illusions
dreaming-this attacks all of his senses
deception-an evil demon controlling our lives making us question life and our beliefs
What is the Turing test? 
Based on the idea that u can’t tell the difference between a human and a computer when speaking to them then the computer is intelligent and can think
what is specieism  
Giving preference to our own species over than any other species
what separates us from animals?
free will a soul language morality religious beliefs and intelligence
why can humans be considered more valuable
In Christianity only humans have souls and are more valuable and according to aristotle humans possess more rationality and have the ability to reason setting them apart and humans have capacity for higher level thinking and motel reasoning
What virtues are important to stoics  
Practical wisdom temperance justice and courage
core beliefs of stoicism
virtue tolerance and self control
what is stoicism  
an Ancient Greek philosophy laid down by zeno teaching that wise people live in harmony with reason and are indifferent to outcomes of pleasure and pain
what is transhumanism 
the belief that humans can evolve its current physical mental limitations