People
Frist known philosopher
Thales
Philosophy
Love of wisdom
who argued against miracles and traditional arguments for the existence of God?
David Hume
who is responsible for the philosophy of the four causes? (double points for naming the four causes)
Aristotle
Material, Efficient, Formal, Final
final cause
the purpose for something
Who said "the unexamined life is not worth living?"
Hedonism
Happy life is pleasurable life
what are the three views on happiness?
Hedonism, Life satisfaction and well being, and Goodness
who believed that the goal of life was happiness, the absence of pain?
Epicurus
efficient cause
the type of cause that produces an effect
Divides reality into two realms (double points for sating the two realms)
Plato
being & becoming
Life satisfaction and well being
The happy life is one with fulfilled goals
what are the four main branches of philosophy?
Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics
what did Plato believe was the best source of knowledge?
Forms
formal cause
this is the design or essence of a thing; the blueprint for something
what philosopher held that all of reality is constantly changing. Nothing is permanent.
Heraclitus
Goodness
The happy life is the virtuous life
what are the four eras of philosophy
Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Contemporary
true or false:
Plato is a rationalist considering knowledge
true
material cause
the physical matter that makes up something
what philosopher said that all is permanent and change is an illusion?
Parmenides
Aristotle's golden mean
Virtue lies between deficiency and excess
goal of ancient philosophers
Unifying principle underlying all reality, capable of explaining change and permanence.
What was Aristotle's belief on forms
Forms exist, but there is no separate realm
what are the two realms Immanuel Kant distinguished between? (double points for defining the difference between the two)
Noumenal- Reality as it is
Phenomenal- reality as it appears