Philosophy of Religion
Truth & Knowledge
Age of Enlightenment
Existentialism
Pot Luck
200
“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.”
What is Nietzsche’s famous quote about God in "The Gay Science"?
200
The philosopher who portrayed Socrates in his major work
Who was Plato?
200
"Cogito Ergo Sum"
What is Latin for "I think, therefore I am"?
200
The belief that life is without objective meaning
What is "nihilism"?
200
A word meaning “love of wisdom”
What is "philosophy"?
400
This philosophers project was a major influence on Christianity from Late Antiquity through the Middle Ages
Who is Plato?
400
Greek historian and author of the "History of the Peloponnesian War"
Who is Thucydides?
400
Posited that ideas can only exist if they are perceived by minds. “To be is to be perceived”.
Who is Berkeley?
400
A French existentialist philosopher who was born and lived most of his life in Algeria.
Who is Albert Camus?
400
The original term used to mean “science”
What is “natural philosophy”?
600
An attempt to explain the world’s moral and natural problems (acts, events or states that bring about suffering, loss, privation and injustice) if there exists a deity that is omni benevolent, omnipotent and omniscient.
What is “the problem of evil”?
600
He is considered the “Father of Modern Philosophy”
Who is Rene Descartes?
600
Influential French philosopher who wanted to make “noble savages” of men
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
600
He said “Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”
Who is Jean-Paul Sartre?
600
The philosophical study of the nature of being, existence or reality
What is "ontology"?
800
It holds that the physical universe is God
What is Pantheism?
800
The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge
What is Epistemology?
800
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?
800
Heidegger’s term for “existence” or “being there”
What is “dasein”?
800
He believed in "From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs"
Who is Karl Marx?
1000
It contends that since natural theories adequately explain the development of religion and belief in gods, the actual existence of such supernatural agents is superfluous and may be dismissed unless otherwise proven to be required to explain the phenomenon.
What is "the argument from parsimony"? (aka Occam's Razor)
1000
He observed "Man is the microcosm: I am my world"
Who is Ludwig Wittgenstein?
1000
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?
1000
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?
1000
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
What is "qualia"?
M
e
n
u