Flashcard: Philosophy of Art and Human Inquiry — 16 carte

Art — definition?

Human creation expressing beauty or questioning reality.

Happiness — characterized by?

Deep, lasting contentment through fulfillment of desires.

Art and Spirit — Hegel's view?

Art objectifies consciousness, embodying Spirit sensibly.

Plato on art?

Deceptive imitation producing illusory simulacra.

Kant on art?

Disinterested universal pleasure, aesthetic education.

Consciousness — role?

Reflective perception guiding moral and self-awareness.

Duty — Kant's view?

Autonomous moral obligation via categorical imperative.

Unconscious — Freud's claim?

Most psychic life is repressed, beyond awareness.

Justice — Kant's basis?

Universal law protecting dignity and freedom.

Epieikeia — Aristotle?

Law correction for justice in specific cases.

Veil of ignorance — Rawls?

Choosing social rules blind to personal position.

State of nature — Rousseau?

Peaceful, self-love guided human condition.

Mechanistic nature — Descartes?

Nature as geometric machine in motion.

Religion and science — Pascal?

Faith wager: belief rational when reason fails.

Religion and science — Marx?

Religion as opium, delaying material justice.

Technique — Bergson?

Creative extension of human vital intelligence.