The philosopher who portrayed Socrates in his major work
Who was Plato?
100
"Cogito Ergo Sum"
What is Latin for "I think, therefore I am"?
100
The belief that life is without objective meaning
What is "nihilism"?
100
A word meaning “love of wisdom”
What is "philosophy"?
200
Greek historian and author of the "History of the Peloponnesian War"
Who is Thucydides?
200
who said "I think Therefore I am"?
Who is René Descartes?
200
A French existentialist philosopher who was born and lived most of his life in Algeria.
Who is Albert Camus?
200
The original term used to mean “science”
What is “natural philosophy”?
300
He is considered the “Father of Modern Philosophy”
Who is Rene Descartes?
300
Influential French philosopher who wanted to make “noble savages” of men
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
300
Who is Jean-Paul Sartre? people are free to choose their own actions and life path what did ean-Paul Sartre?
what did Jean-Paul Sartre believe in?
300
The philosophical study of the nature of being, existence or reality
What is "ontology"?
400
The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge
What is Epistemology?
400
A British empiricist who described the social contract theory in which people give up sovereignty in exchange for social order via the rule of law
Who is John Locke?
400
Heidegger’s term for “existence” or “being there”
What is “dasein”?
400
He believed in "From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs"
Who is Karl Marx?
500
He observed "Man is the microcosm: I am my world"
Who is Ludwig Wittgenstein?
500
The Critique of Pure Reason was an investigation into the limitations of the structure of reason itself.
What was the main work and philosophical project of Immanuel Kant?
500
A philosopher who held that men stereotyped women as the “Other” in order to provide an excuse for not understanding them and their problems and, therefore, not be required to help them
Who is Simone de Beauvoir?
500
Determining whether or not two people each have the same subjective mental experience in the same situation is an example of this type of problem