philosophy terms
The way things in the world appear to us.
What is Appearance?
Had a philosophy strictly based on logic and reasoning.
Known as the last theory of concepts that is considered to contain conceptual atomism.
What is Atomistic Theories?
The period in which the death of Alexander the Great resulted in the emergence of the Roman Empire and a new style of philosophy.
What is The Hellenistic period?
“The unexamined life is not worth living”.
What is Socrates?
The belief that reality consists indivisible bits called atoms.
What is Atomism?
Argued against the existence of universals through the claim of nominalism.
What is William of Ockham?
the emphasis on general theories of a given category in accounting for various concepts of that category.
The era in Philosophy focused mostly on metaphysics, and the natural world. Took place before the Socratic era.
“Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily”.
What is William of Ockham?
Evil that comes about from human actions and choices.
Argued against claim that we could have rationalist access to God.
What is Gregory Palamas?
Claim that there is a material substance and a form substance. It is a type of substance dualism.
What is Platonic Dualism?
The era in which the Socratic Method was created.
“I think therefore I am”.
What is René Descartes?
The that view that we lack knowledge in some fundamental way. Can be epistemic or metaphysical.
What is Skepticism?
Focused on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and political philosophy.
What is Augustine of Hippo?
Complex concepts that contain neoclassical analyses.
What is Neoclassical Theories?
The Era in which Medieval philosophy was developed.
What is the Medieval Era?
“We live in the best of all possible worlds.”
What is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz?
The philosophy of Epicurus.
What is Epicureanism?
He expounded on Natural Law normative ethical theory.
What is Thomas Aquinas?
The classical theory of concepts holds that complex concepts have classical analyses.
What is The Classical Theory?
The Era in which Modern philosophy was developed.
“One cannot step twice in the same river.”
What is Heraclitus?