Lecture 1 (Dr Dick) Flashcards
who wrote the iliad
homer
what were the 4 constructs of psychology in the iliad
psyche, menos, thymos, noos
what is psyche in the iliad
an image of the dead
what is menos in the iliad
the source of actions in living things
what is thymos in the iliad
the source of feelings
what is noos in the iliad
higher intellectual function
did homer believe women had noos
no
what is naturalism
looking to the world rather than supernatural for explanations
what is empiricism
the importance of senses when obtaining knowledge
what is rationalism
knowledge being obtained from reason rather than experience
what is materialism
there is only matter that behaves lawfully
what is determinism
things that behave lawfully dont have free will
why is it diffucult to draw conclusions from ancient greece
often retranslated and what they mean is different from what we mean
