Scholars Flashcards
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Socrates
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The teacher of Plato. He was killed by the Romans through poisoning. He believed knowledge was innate through questioning an enslaved boy about maths, drawing the knowledge out of him. A priori
2
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Heraclitus
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The world is in a constant state of change and flux ‘You cant step in the same river twice’. He influenced Plato
3
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AJ Ayer
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Verification principle. To be true, a statement must:
-Be analytic (1+1=2)
-Be empirically verifiable (observable)
-Be a tautology (TRIangle= 3 sides)
4
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Hughes
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Cat and milk analogy. The cats goal is to drink milk, which does not know it is being drank. The prime mover caused everything, just like a cat drinking milk