Philosophy Unit 4 Vocabulary

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an approach to the philosophy that interprets the ideas of philosophers in terms of the historical and cultural contexts in which they wrote.

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Contextualist approach

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an approach to philosophy that takes the historical context of the original text seriously but also recognizes the influence of contemporary issues and perspectives.

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Hermeneutic approach

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an approach to philosophy that examines philosophical texts for the arguments they contain and judges how and whether they remain relevant today.

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Presentist approach

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paradoxes proposed by Zeno that attempt to prove that change and motion are illusory.

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Zeno’s paradoxes

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a belief that all knowledge is gained from senses and experiences.

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Empiricism

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the thoughts of God, which according to Philo of Alexandria serve as the means by which God creates the physical world.

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Logos

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the belief that the universe is made up of one substance.

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Monism

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the belief that the universe is made up of more than one substance.

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Plurism

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the fields of study that eventually gave rise to modern science.

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Natural Philosophy

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What is a metaphysical doctrine that holds that every particular thing that exists in our changing, material world participates in an immaterial form or essence, which is unchanging, invisible, and perfect and which gives this thing its identity?

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Theory of Forms