INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY Flashcards
means love of wisdom
Philosophy
greek word which means to love
philein
greek word which means wisdom
sophia
search for wisdom / meaning
philosophy
deals with an understanding of the meaning of one’s existence and importance of things around the human.
wisdom
birthplace of Philosophy
Miletus
was the center of trade and commerce
Miletus
the primordial matter from which all things came from
urstoff
according to him, everything comes from water
Thales
believed everything could not have come from water, but from original stuff (apeiron) or indeterminate boundless, and things are finite.
Anaximander of Miletus
believed air is the primary substance from which all things have originated
Anaximenes
birthplace of Pythagoras
Samos
believes that everything comes from numbers
Pythagoras
believes everything must have come from fire, and everything is in a constant flux
Heraclitus
says change is an illusion, everything is permanent
Parmenides of Elea
believes everything came from the 4 elements: air, water, fire, earth.
Empodocles
founder of atomist school, and democritus of abdera.
Leucippus
believes everything is made up of atoms moving in empty space.
Leocippus
believed that there is only one thing that knows the whole truth - God
Pythagoras
father of Philosophy
Thales
father of modern philosophy
Rene Descartes
2 philosophy of thought
Epistemology, Logic
study that deals with human knowledge also known as criteriology
Epistemology
study that deals with the problem of reasoning
Logic
