Indian Philosophy
This is the path that leads to the end of suffering and nirvana.
Magga
Socratic wisdom begins with recognizing this.
One's own ignorance
What are the three main lessons from Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics?
1. Happiness is eudaimonia
2. Eudaimonia is achieved through arete
3. We should all strive to be magnanimous
Miletus of Thales believed reality ultimately comes from this one substance.
Water
This cognitive bias is the tendency to seek information that confirms existing beliefs.
Confirmation bias
According to Buddhism, suffering is primarily caused by this.
Attachment & craving
In the Allegory of the Cave, what does the sun represent?
Knowledge, truth, the form of "good"
Explain eudaimonia
Eudaimonia is an understanding that happiness=self-actualization
A philosopher who believed change is an illusion.
Parmenides
This fallacy attacks the person instead of the argument.
Ad hominem
These Four Truths explain the nature of suffering and how to overcome it. What are they?
Life involves dissatisfaction (Dukkha).
Craving (Tanha) causes dissatisfaction.
It is possible to eliminate dissatisfaction (Nirvana).
There is a path to eliminate it (Magga / The Path).
In Meno, the slave boy demonstrates this theory about knowledge.
Theory of Recollection
Explain arete
Virture. Functioning at your best and highest potential.
A philosopher who believed reality is constant change.
Heraclitus
Explain what the Bandwagon fallacy is and give an exmaple.
claiming an idea is true because it is a majority opinion. Example: Everyone knows philsophy is useful
Explain the key differences between Hinduism and Buddhism
Buddhism is less concerned with the nature of reality and more concerned with how to end suffering. Buddhism also believes in Anatman while Hinduism belives in Atman
Explain the allergory of the cave
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Explain what it means to be magnanimous
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Explain what it means to say Thales was a monist.
Explain why a strawman argument is logically weak.
It misrepresents the opponent’s position to make it easier to attack.