What does Materialism in today's society enforce?

To answer what our human nature and our purpose is.

What did Pythagoras believe in?

That ideas are what makes a true reality. (a)

What did Thales decide?

Matter makes up reality and water explained how reality changes. (a)

What did Isaac Newton and Pythagoras have in common?

They used theories in Math to explain their Philosophy. (c)

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1
Newton came up with the theory of ____
The Big Bang
Doppler effect
Time dilation
Gravity
2
What was Zeno's most famous paradox?
Zeus and the tortoise
Gravity and the apple
Achilles and the tortoise
None of the above
3
Future Events Are Dictated By Past Events Is A
Dualism View
Krishna View
Mechanist View
Newtonian View
4
Pythagoras is to number/math while ____ is to water.
Thelas
H2O
Thales
dihydrogen monoxide
5
According to the Zeno's Paradox, how many times faster can Achilles run than the Tortoise?
2X
They were the same speed
10X
5X
6
Newton believed the world...
Is linked with God.
Should revolve around a Monarch.
Worked like a Machine.
Creates its own Tragedies.
7
Parmenides believed that an object's state of being permanent is only an illusion.
False
True
8
What does Materialism in today's society enforce?
All of the Above
Multicultural beliefs.
To answer what our human nature and our purpose is.
That God does not exist.
9
What does it mean when “You can never step in the same river twice”?
All of the Above
There are many perspectives on an object.
Permanence uses mimicry.
Permanence is an illusion.
10
Monism believes that the _____ only exists and can be _____ into many things.
Human Nature & Divided
Consciousness & Enforced
Universe & Divided
Materialistic things & Combined
11
Zeno was known for posing....
in Sculptures
Pythagorean Theorem
Paradoxes
that changes are an illusion
12
Metaphysics deals with the first principle of things that includes concepts such as...
being, knowing, cause and effect
identity, time and space
None of the above
being, knowing and questioning
13
Dualism believes that there are two kinds of reality: spiritual and physical.
False
True
14
What did Pythagoras believe in?
Both a and b
That changes are what constitutes reality. (c)
Basic ingredients of the Earth are ideas and principles used in Science.(b)
That ideas are what makes a true reality. (a)
15
What are the two main metaphysical views of the universe?
Logical and Critical
Dualism and Monism
Hylomorphism and Idealism
Idealism and Materialism
16
What did Thales decide?
Time paradoxes are made up in our minds. (d)
Both a and c
Water explained how the past, present and future are interlinked. (c)
Matter makes up reality and water explained how reality changes. (a)
17
Thomas Hobbes Stated That The Universe Was
Non Materialistic Things
Made From Dinosaur Fossils
Made From Ideas
Matter And Only Matter
18
According to Parmenides, Philosophy is primarily based on the senses.
True
False
19
What did Isaac Newton and Pythagoras have in common?
They both believed that the universe worked like a Machine. (a)
They used theories in Math to explain their Philosophy. (c)
Both b and c.
They believed in the structure of ideas, holding an idealistic view. (b)
20
How did metaphysics come to be?
Both a and b.
Some did not believe God created everything. (b)
To create a better understanding of how to properly debate. (d)
The understanding of Humanity's place on Earth was questioned. (a)

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