Exam 2 Flashcards
Who said: I think so therefore I am.
Reena Decart
Who is The father of modern psychology, first since Aristotle to give a differ view on psychology
Reena Decart
Define: Skeptieism-
doubting anyone with a dogmatic truth
Define: Cynicism
distrustful of human nature and motives
Who settled on a medium between observation and reason
Bacon
Who contributed to science with te explaination of natural laws?
Isoac Newton
Isoac Newton believed in Deism which is?
he thought God started everything then keep his hands off
Isoac Newton believed Occam’s Razor did?
explained everything in terms of space, time, matter, force.
Who said Natural laws are absolute; our understanding is imperfect.
Isoac Newton
Define: Epicurism
drives for intense pleasure, absence of pain
Define: Stoicism
Accept whatever life bring
Define: Neoplatonism
taking Plato’s mystical aspects – individual immorortality and human passion
The christian church did what?
blending of Judeo & christian tradition with Neoplatonism
Who made Christianity acceptable in the Roman Empire
Constanine-
St. Augustine believed?
One must choose between God and sins of the flessh (Satan)
Who Know God through scripture and introspection (inner subjective experience is valid).
St. Augustine