Ancient Philosophy Exam Review

The word “philosophy” means “l__________” (philos [love] + sophia [wisdom]

• love for knowledge

• love oneself

• love of God

• love of wisdom

It is the heart of philosophy. It investigates the existence of the universe and of ALL things in it.

• Metaphysics

• Logic

• Epistemology

• Ethics

It investigates KNOWLEDGE. This branch of philosophy answer What does it mean “to know”? and What can we know?

• Logic

• Ethics

• Epistemology

• Metaphysics

The branch of philosophy that studies what actions are morally right and wrong. It answer the question Is there a right and wrong?

• Logic

• Ethics

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

______studies right reasoning and argumentation. It answer the question Do all claims have a truth value?

• Logic

• Metaphysics

• Epistemology

• Social

Western philosophy traces its historical origin to ___________in the

6th-century B.C.

He was a 6th-century philosopher who taught water was the source

of everything. He was also the first person to claim the Earth was spherical, and

that it floated on water.

• Thales

• Pythagoras

• Heraclitus

• Parmenides

He was another 6th-century philosopher who taught that abstract

numbers were the source of everything. These numbers formed patterns, which in

turn constituted material things.

• Thales

• Pythagoras

• Heraclitus

• Parmenides

He taught that there is only

being, and no becoming. Change is thus an illusion. He reached this conclusion

because he thought being and non-being exhausted everything in reality.

• Heraclitus

• Parmenides

• Thales

• Pythagoras

He taught that fire was the

source of everything.

More importantly, he taught that

everything was in a constant

state of flux. Nothing is

permanent.

• Heraclitus

• Parmenides

• Thales

• Pythagoras