PHILO western

Question 1

Philos

Answer 1

love

Question 2

Sophia

Answer 2

wisdom

Question 3

Philosophy

Answer 3

love of wisdom; uses human reason to investigate the ultimate causes, reasons, and principles that govern all things.

Question 4

Western Philosophy

Answer 4

uncovering the truth through systematic argumentation theory

Question 5

Pre-Socratics

Answer 5

first philosophers before the time of socrates

Question 6

Thales

Answer 6

earliest philosopher; father of western philosophy; water

Question 7

Sophists

Answer 7

intellectuals who influenced learning in ancient greece

Question 8

Eristic

Answer 8

style in argumentation which aims to win arguments rather than arrive at the truth

Question 9

Pythagoras

Answer 9

pythagorean theorem; philosopho

Question 10

Anaximander

Answer 10

apeiron

Question 11

Apeiron

Answer 11

indefinite and boundless realm

Question 12

Anaximenes

Answer 12

air; associate of anaximander

Question 13

Heraclitus

Answer 13

weeping philosopher; logos

Question 14

Logos

Answer 14

a higher order or plan

Question 15

Democritus

Answer 15

causes of natural phenomena; atoms

Question 16

Diogenes of Sinope

Answer 16

cynicism

Question 17

Cynicism

Answer 17

skepticism

Question 18

Epicurus

Answer 18

epicureanism

Question 19

Epicureanism

Answer 19

wisdom and simple living will result in a life free from fear and pain

Question 20

Socrates

Answer 20

midwife

Question 21

Plato

Answer 21

theory of forms; allegory of the cave

Question 22

Theory of Forms

Answer 22

everything that exists is based on an idea or template that can only be perceived by the mind

Question 23

Aristotle

Answer 23

all ideas and views are based on perception; our reality is based on what we can perceive and sense

Question 24

Archimedes

Answer 24

modern calculus