Week 26 of 36 · 10 words · ages 17–18
12th Grade spelling words, week 26: Philosophy words
12th Grade spelling words · week 26 · Philosophy words · spellchirp.com
- ontology
- The branch of philosophy that studies being and existence.
- epistemology
- The branch of philosophy that studies knowledge and how we know.
- teleology
- The idea that things are explained by their purpose.
- solipsism
- The belief that only one's own mind is sure to exist.
- empiricism
- The view that knowledge comes from experience and the senses.
- dialectic
- Reaching truth through the exchange of opposing arguments.
- metaphysics
- The branch of philosophy that asks what reality, being and time truly are.
- determinism
- The belief that every event is caused by earlier events.
- utilitarianism
- The view that the best act brings the most good to the most people.
- existentialism
- A philosophy stressing free choice and personal responsibility.
Ten minutes a day this week
Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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