Philosophy 101
The word “philosophy” comes from Greek and means “love of ___.”
What is wisdom?
This theory says everything is made of matter.
What is materialism?
Knowledge is justified, true, ___.
What is belief?
This theory says mind and body are separate.
What is dualism?
This view says we can choose freely and aren’t fully determined.
What is libertarianism?
This branch of philosophy asks what we can know and how we know it.
What is epistemology?
This theory says everything is made of mind or ideas.
What is idealism?
This theory says truth is what works.
What is pragmatism?
This philosopher said the self is just a bundle of sensations.
Who is David Hume?
This view says all actions are caused by prior events.
What is determinism?
These are the four main branches of philosophy.
What are metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, and logic?
Plato believed in two worlds: the physical and the world of ___.
What are Forms?
Truth must match reality in this theory.
What is the correspondence theory?
The “I think, therefore I am” guy.
Who is Descartes?
This view says we can be free even if determinism is true.
What is compatibilism?
This Greek philosopher taught using questions and answers.
Who is Socrates?
This philosopher said all is change: “You can’t step in the same river twice.”
Who is Heraclitus?
This view says truth depends on culture or opinion.
What is relativism?
Aristotle said humans, animals, and plants all have this.
What is a soul?
This philosopher used the “sea battle” example.
Who is Aristotle?
These three thinkers represent the foundation of Western philosophy.
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
Aristotle said the soul is the ___ of the body.
What is the form?
He thought knowledge = justified true belief (JTB).
Who is Plato?
This level of soul belongs only to humans.
What is the rational soul?
The idea that you are only morally responsible if you could’ve done otherwise.
What is the principle of alternative possibilities?