Inquiry of Philosophy - Test 1 (Week 2)

Not-being (what is not) __ be thought of. Thought and being are the same So, if it cannot be thought of, the it __ be.

Which philosopher was fascinated by the concept of 'Being'?

Who said "One god, greatest among gods and men, in no way similar to mortals either in body or mind."?

Who says, "The common experience that things have beginnings and endings is just an illusion. Change is impossible".

Atoms are the building blocks of nature. There is a void in which atoms exists.

An ex. of something existing by convention, meaning that its existence depends on us, it can't be found in nature alone:

Where is Xenophanes from?

_____ states that upon death, the soul migrates to another body (reincarnation).

In epistemology, what you believe exists inside our nervous system or mind. Nothing exists except the inside of our mind

Who says, "The world-order is ever-lasting fire. The world-order is divine and eternal."?

Who proposed the solution to the problem of unity in plurality (One in many) outlined below?

Which philosopher's theory does Zeno defend?

____ taught rhetoric (persuasive speaking).

Who said the statement below?

Heraclitus states that all things come into being through opposition. An example of this is:

The Dichotomy states that you always need to get to one point before getting to another. Thus it takes infinite time.

Relativism states knowledge can't be distinguished from opinion, as opinions may differ between culture, time, & people.

Which philosopher proposes that there is no many (no plurality), only the One exists and that there is no flux?

____ states that logos cannot be understood by everybody. Only a few wise people understand it.

Sophists are those who claim they have knowledge. Philosophers are those who seek knowledge.

What was Anaxagoras' nickname?

Logic based on common sense generates logical contraindications, which is also referred to as:

Which pre-socratic philo. was the first skeptic in the hx of Western philo. & began questioning the questions itself?

A logically self-contradict statement is referred to as:

What does 'Nous' mean?

____ Project outlines there is Unity among plurality, The One in many, the oneness of things.

Parmenides was from ___?

Which philosopher states this passage below:

Who believed that the soul was immortal & distinct from the body?

_____ project: Unity among plurality, the One in many, the oneness of things.

"If you could think of nothing, it would be something", is stated by which philosopher?

"Nothing exists, and if it did, no one could know it, and if they know it, they could not communicate it" is said by __.

Who said this passage below?

Which philosopher used 'Nous' as the first principle of motion?

Who said, "Reality is flux and change. Everything is becoming. All are in flux like a river."?

Where was Democritus from?

The concept of epistemology draws skepticism (Refer to flat/concave mirror analogy and how it cause distortion in views)

Our senses creates self-contradiction, as per Zeno (Refer to Achilles & the Tortoise + The Arrow example).

Which philosopher states for us not to rely on our senses?

___ means nature or the characteristic of the world independent of what human beings impose on it.

Xenophanes stated, "We are not able to distinguish knowledge of the truth from mere opinion."

Heraclitus states the passage below:

Democritus said there are infinite numbers of such "ones". He called them atoms.

Pythagoras developed geometry as an abstract discipline.

Parmenides states that, "Being exists and nothing does not exist".

Where was the Sophist Georgias from?

Which philosopher was fascinated by the concept of 'Becoming'?

In epistemology, there is a distinction between the mind and the external world.

Who said, "All things are exchange for fire, and fire for all things; as goods are for gold, and gold for goods"?

Parmenides states that saying that something comes into being or something going out of existence is meaningless.

Reductio Ad Absurdum means to show that a claim entails absurd consequence by showing the logical consequences of claim.

Xenophanes criticized Greek tradition. He criticized the images of gods and goddesses in Greek mythology.

What does Episteme mean in Epistemology?

Parmenides said that there is only the One and there cannot be many. The one always exists, and it is indivisible.

___ is the word for custom or convention.

Heraclitus was from ____?

Where is Anaxagoras from?

Who outlines, "Everything is in flux, strife and opposition are necessary, and that there is a world-order."?

Who outlines that all human's alleged knowledge is only relative to human outlook; there is no mind-independent truth?

Which philosopher states, "Thought and being are the same"?

Which philosopher introduced the theory of Relativistic account of truth?

Reduction Ad Absurdum is proposed by which philosopher?

Which philosopher says, "You cannot think of nothing. Because nothing is not-being and to think is to think of what is"?

Zeno argues that your sensations are wrong and you just get illusions based on your sensations.

The foundation of Sophists is from skepticism of epistemology.

Zeno proposes that logic based on common sense generates logical contraindications.

Where was the Sophist Protagoras from?

Relativism outlines that there is no natural justice.

Georgias states, "There is no knowledge of nature unless mediated by our interpretations".

What is (being) must exist all at once in a continuous presence, as per Parmenides.

Parmenides states that, "What is (being) must be divisible. It can have many parts".

There's no absolute truth, so we should learn to persuade people to seek victory in an argument regardless of the truth:

Cosmos (the universe) refers to an orderly arrangement, as per _______.

Who was the first rationalist philosopher?

__ argues that there is no "many". There is only one.

Who's theory was based on Atomism?

Who did Pythagoras influence?

Sophists believed in an extreme form of Relativism.

Pythagoras was from ___?

Heraclitus states, "If the tension goes away everything goes away. The existence of things is based on tension".

Who describes there to be a relationship between logos and cosmos.

Where is Zeno from?

Parmenides argues that time is an illusion. Therefore the past & the future involve the notion of:

Solipsism outlines that our mind is the only thing that exists.

Who said Motion is impossible because assuming it yields a contradiction, no contradiction can possibly be true?