L04 Agriculture to First Philosophers&scientists Flashcards
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Aristotle
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- Most influential thinker
- sense experience is real
- proved earth is sphere
- introduced physics
2
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-Catapult-the claw-death ray
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War tools by Archimedes
3
Q
- No change, everything stays the same
- change is an illusion
- cannot use senses for observation, senses unreliable
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Parmenides
4
Q
displayed positions of various stars(archimedes)
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Antikythera
5
Q
Based on strict intangible evidence
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Greek law system
6
Q
Greatest mathematician and inventor/scientist of all time
- built planetarium
- first mechanical clock
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Archimedes
7
Q
Most influential thinker
- sense experience is real
- proved earth is sphere
- introduced physics
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Aristotle
8
Q
Thales
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First scientist/philosopher
- first to reject divine intervention
- first astronomer
9
Q
8th century BCGreek Mythology: Theogamy
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Hesiod
10
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Zeno
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No change and No motion
-Runner paradox
11
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First school
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Academy 338 BC by Plato
12
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Miletus
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600 BC, in Ionia (coast of modern Turkey)
13
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Plato
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- sense not reliable
- allegory of the cave
- Sphere is a perfect form
14
Q
Early science occured in Greece because:
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- separate gov’t from religion
- public communication network
- separated divine from natural
15
Q
War tools by archimedes
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-Catapult -the claw -death ray
16
Q
- separate gov’t from religion
- public communication network
- separated divine from natural
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Early science occured in Greece because:
17
Q
Parmenides
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- No change, everything stays the same
- change is an illusion
- cannot use senes for observation, senses unreliable
18
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Syracusia
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241 BC ship (archimedes)
