Psych210 questions Flashcards
Epicureans believed that…
All knowledge is gained through sensation
The Stoics believed that…
Peace can be obtained through rationality
In addition to the 5 senses, Aristotle describes a “common sense”. This is a sense that is…
A process by which experiences are understood by the contributions of each of the different sense organs.
Galen was predominately an empiricist. However, he did adopt a more rationalistic approach in his explanation of:
Spiritus Anima
According to Aristotle, to fully understand humans, we must examine their:
Biology
The highest form of reality, in Plato’s theory, was that ________; whereas the highest form of reality in Aristotle’s theory was that ______.
Which we think with our reason
Which we perceive with our senses
Aristotle is said to have known all there was to know in his own day. T/F
True
Epictetus called for a philosophy that would be irrelevant to the common experience of the people T/F
False
According to Patristic philosophers, the body is viewed as:
Matter and spirit
- Galen kept the_____ system alive and spent most of his time _____.
a. Gaussian; teaching Aristotle’s four truths.
c. Hippocratic; curing the sick and understanding the body.
b. Naturalistic; collecting plants.
d. Christian moral; preaching to the gentiles.
Hippocratic; curing the sick and understanding the body
For Patristic philosophers, human behavior could only be understood by:
Considering persons’ intentions, in addition to their actions.
What did skepticism teach?
A detached apathy for life, and that we can only find peace through avoiding conflict
The shift from _____ philosophy to _____ philosophy is made by personalizing philosophical questions
abstract; concrete
Patristic philosophers understood one’s behavior to be:
The result of intentions or motivations
According to Robinson, Chivalry reflects the medieval idea that:
The belief that man as a divine creation serves specific functions
Patristic philosophy is characterized as
Importing ideas from diverse sources
Augustine defined truth as
Coming to know God
According to Scholastic thinkers, we can come to knowledge in which of the following ways?
a. Through a reflective process centering on reason.
c. Our reason can assist us in obtaining some understanding, but our senses are also important.
b. Trusting to our senses alone.
d. Faith only helps us to understand the basics. Reason helps us to understand the profound.
Our reason can help us in obtaining some understanding, but our senses are also important
- Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The Patristics were largely Aristotelian in their philosophy.
c. The Church and the kings of the Medieval period practiced animal sacrifice.
b. The Scholastics were largely Aristotelian in their philosophy.
d. The Scholastics were largely Platonic in their philosophy.
The Scholastics were largely Aristotelian
According to the Scholastics, faith and reason work together in the following way:
a. Reason leads us to faith which leads us to skepticism.
c. Reason and faith are both necessary, but man can come to some understanding on his own.
b. Reason leads us to faith which leads us to understanding, but there are still things we cannot know.
d. Faith only helps us to understand the basics. Reason helps us to understand the profound.
Reason leads us to faith which leads us to understanding, but there are still things we cannot know.
_____was said to have Christianized Plato, while______was said to have Christianized Aristotle
Augustine
Aquinas
According to the Scholastics, the soul was:
An intellectual principle
A basic facet of feudal life and society was
servitude
Which form of intellect describes the power of the soul to make thoughts possible?
Potential
