Definitions
The love of wisdom
Which method involves using dialogue with others?
Socratic method
Does faith contradict reason according to Kreeft?
No
Who taught that all being is one and that change is an illusion?
What is one way we are able to know God/make sense of Him?
Through analogy/analogically
Divine revelation
Through negation (God is NOT XYZ)
What is the definition of epistemology?
The study/theory of knowledge
Which method involves using debates, objections formal syllogisms?
Thomistic/Scholastic method.
According to Kreeft, how many scientific discoveries have disproved religious claims?
0
Who taught that all life is change (becoming)?
What are the three strongest principles of how we start philosophy?
Common sense
Common logical principles
Common experience
What is the definition of skepticism?
The denial that we can know truth (especially through the senses)
Observation of the whole of ordinary experience especially sense experience
How does Aristotle approach the issue of trusting reason?
Common sense
According to Aristotle, how do we gain knowledge of the world?
Experience (senses) and reason
What is one weird/odd thing about self-knowledge?
object = subject
infinite regression of knowing everything about ourselves and then knowing that
self-knowledge evolves as we know more and more about ourselves
What is the definition of nominalism?
The denial of universal natures
Which method is best exemplified in the works of St. Thomas Aquinas?
Scholastic method
What is the first act/power of the mind?
Understanding (as in understanding concepts)
What is Aristotle's theory of matter and form called?
hylomorphism
What is Plato's view of how knowledge begins?
In the mind with innate ideas
What is accidental change?
Changes/alterations of non-essential qualities of a substances that are not necessary for its identity
Which method is used for scientific inquiry?
Aristotelian method (senses can be trusted)
What is reason?
(According to Dr. Kreeft and most philosophers)
Three acts of the mind
What is the problem of the one and the many
What is Plato's position on learning?
Learning is recollection