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WorksheetsPhilosophy Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Finding out the truth.
Pursuit of Wisdom
Begins with Wonder
Dynamic Process
Enlightenment
Timothy is trying to wonder and argue with Janae about whether a blank piece of paper is considered abstract and has deep meaning and illustration behind it.
Epistemology
Begins with Wonder
Aesthetics
Dynamic Process
What was the downside of Mythopoeic Thinking?
It lacked support and belief from other nations/communities.
According to the Milesians, It required more structure and formation.
It lacked factual basis and validity.
It quickly died down, due to not enough people spreading the word in Ancient Greece.
This philosopher from the Pre-Socratics stated their belief that:
"The ‘infinite’ neither has a beginning nor end; “encompasses and steers all things”
The Sophists
Thales
Anaximenes
Why did Anaximenes believe air is the cause of ultimate reality?
Due to the formation of his three reasonings in regards to Air: Expansion, Condensation, and Sublimation.
Air is everywhere, and that’s the element that causes all things to move and live.
Air cannot be destroyed, as it is present within ourselves, thus being the element where it all started.
Air encompasses reality, by existing from one space to another. It flows freely and thus cannot be stopped.
How did Zeno interpret the Paradox of The Racecourse?
You can't cross an infinite number of points in a finite amount of time.
He interpreted it as a proof that time is infinite and paradoxical.
You can't cross an infinite number of points in an infinite amount of time.
He interpreted it as a proof that motion is in a continuous state.
Which of the following best describes the belief of The Eleatic School of Thought:
The One?
Belief in multiple realities, having a limitless boundary present.
Belief in the existence of change, therefore having a diverse sequel to the future.
Belief in the non-existence of void, in comparison to the Pythagorean School of Thought.
Belief in the existence of a single, unchanging reality.
Which of the following best summarizes Zeno's Paradoxes on Motion?
Pythagoras believed numbers serve as building blocks of reality. It gave rise to concepts of?
Change
Infinity
Plurality
Unchanging Reality
Chronological Order in which events happened.
Pre-Socratics, Eleatics vs. Pythagoreans, Philosophy of Change, Atomists.
Pre-Socratics, Philosophy of Change, Eleatics vs. Pythagoreans, Atomists.
What was the main idea of Atomism?
The belief that everything is made up of tiny particles called atoms.
The theory that all matter is composed of energy, therefore having atoms present in everyone.
The concept that all life forms are made up of cells, with the atoms serving as the building blocks of why we exist.
The idea that the universe is made up of multiple dimensions filled with infinite atoms that can never be destroyed.
Aside from Atoms, why did nature also consist of Space in the perspective of Atomists?
Because space allows atoms to move and interact with one another.
Because space is made up of atoms, therefore being in constantly uniform motion.
Because atoms cannot exist without space, as it holds the universe together.
Because space is a fundamental part of nature, without atoms there is no space, and vice versa.
Why did the Atomists decline the idea of Elements being the arche?
They mentioned that the elements are the products of atoms too.
They theorized earth, water, fire, and air were all interconnected into one thing.
They asked an open-ended question regarding Space and Atoms, leading to the thought-provoking idea that Elements isn't the arche.
It was based more on Mythopoeic Thinking than Philosophical Thinking. (more scientific and independent way of thinking)
Branch of Philosophy which explains the reasoning between right/wrong or good/evil from different people's perspective.
Metaphysics
Ethics
Logic
Epistemology
What did Heraclitus believe?
Heraclitus believed fire was the arche but not the ultimate substance.
Heraclitus believed in the concept of constant change.
Heraclitus stated you can't step on the same river twice, meaning life is repetitive.
Heraclitus believed in the static nature of the universe, based on Space and Atoms.
Which of the following was not a valid argument of Parmenides?
Change = Impossible
Nothingness ~ indescribable and inconceivable
Motion + Perfect Sphere
World - 1 divisible thing
