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| What is the philosopher's quest? |
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| What is an unlimited good? |
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| What does the term "philosophy" mean in the original Greek? |
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| Truth or principles underlying all knowledge, being, and reality. |
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| Who was the first hero of philosophy? |
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| What did philosopher William James offer? |
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| What was William James's view on pragmatism? |
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| Pragmatism is the habit of always seeing an alternative. |
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| Who was the first philosopher? |
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| Thales used math to accurately predict a solar eclipse. |
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| What are the three characteristics of philosophy? |
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1) Objectivity
2) Universality
3) Rationality |
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| science of proper thinking |
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| the question of existence or "being" |
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| In what manner does a thing exist? |
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| the nature of values and valuing |
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| the afterlife, the soul, God |
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| investigation of the natural world |
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| linguistics, translation (hermeneutics) |
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| What are the 5 main characteristics of a "myth?" |
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1) accounts for a community's religious practices
2) is a story of explanation
3) a story that seeks to express the "whys" and "hows"
5) involves encounters with deep meaning or The Divine |
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| Which two philosophers are known for their observations about myths? |
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| The Milesian philosophers said that reality was made of what? |
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| Earth, Air, Fire, and Water |
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| The Eleatic philosophers were most concerned with? |
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| The Pythagoreans were mainly concerned with? |
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| The sophists were famous for being? |
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| What are The Two Great Assumptions of the pre-Socratic philosophers? |
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1) There is a unity of the cosmos- no matter how it appears
2) Natural events are to be understood by appeal to natural forces and not supernatural forces |
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| Which pre-Socratic philosopher deeply influenced Plato? |
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| The "stuff" that makes up existence. |
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| Who was the first ontologist? |
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| Which philosopher came up with an early version of the atomic theory? |
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| To seek the good. The good is pleasure. Pleasure is subjective. |
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| nothing is of value or deserves to be of value (Sophist teaching) |
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| What was the main contribution of the Sophists in the area of philosophy? |
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| The turned the focus of philosophy towards the human experience. |
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| What type of discourse was the Socratic method? |
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| What are the 4 steps of the Socratic Method? |
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1) question of definition
2) clarification
3) critical analysis and search for contradictions
4) demonstration of a fallacy |
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| What are the 4 major principles of Socrates? |
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1) an unexamined life is not worth living
2) valid principles for life are based on an objective truth
3) truth lies within each of us- we are "Pregnant with the truth."
4) The role of the philosopher is to provoke self-examination through dialogue |
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| Socrates was accused of which two capital offenses? |
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1) impeity towards the state religion
2) corruption of the youth |
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| Explain/describe the life and contributions of Socrates. |
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