THINKING ABOUT THINKING

Abrahamic
  Judaism
  Christianity; Catholicism
  Islam (ALLEGEDLY)
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Paganism
  Confucianism
  Buddhism
  Taoism


Secularism
  Agnosticism
  Atheism










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ADDITION
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COMPARISON
CONTRAST
SYNTHESIS
ANALYSIS
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METAPHYSICS -- why and how people have reality and being 
ETHICS -- why and how people are moral and have moral systems 
EPISTEMOLOGY -- why and how individuals know 
AESTHETICS -- why and how there is beauty and the arts 
LOGIC -- why and how there is logic and reasoning.

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1. WHERE OR WHAT IS GOD OR NATURE OF IT?
A. OUTSIDE SAID DEISM
B. INSIDE SAID PANTHEISM
C. EVERYWHERE SAID THEISM
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A. MONISM: SPIRITUAL ONLY
B. DUALISM: THINGS CAN BE EITHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL
C. PLURALISM: SEVERAL STATES
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A. ANIMISM SAID EVERYTHING HAS AWARENESS
B. PLATONISM SAID IDEAS ARE ETERNAL
C. TRANSCENDENTALISM: FINDING SPIRIT IN NATURE
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A. HEDONISM: SEEK AFTER PLEASURE
B. CYNICISM: RELY ON BASIC NEEDS ALONE
C. EPICUREANISM: SEEK AFTER ETERNAL THINGS
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IDEALISM: CREATE IDEAS INTERNALLY
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AGNOSTICISM: NO PROOF OF GOD
ATHEISM: PROOF OF NO GOD
GNOSTICISM: ABILITY TO HAVE SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
MONOTHEISM: ONE GOD
POLYTHEISM: MANY GODS
SPIRITUALISM: MANY SPIRITS
MYSTICISM: EXPERIENCE OF GOD IS POSSIBLE
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POSITIVISM: WE SHOULD LIVE SCIENTIFICALLY
RATIONALISM: WE SHOULD FOCUS ON LOGIC
REALISM: REALITY AND LIFE IS REALLY REAL AND NOT FAKE
MATERIALISM: EVERYTHING IS MADE OF MATTER
EMPIRICISM: OUR MINDS ARE EMPTY AT FIRST
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DETERMINISM: NO FREEWILL: DETERMINED, FATE: PREDECIDED
FATALISM: SUPER DETERMINISM
PREDESTINATION: GOD-DETERMINED
STOICISM: FREEWILL
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EXISTENTIALISM: WE MUST MAKE CONCRETE CHOICES
SKEPTICISM:














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