Anaxagoras: Atheist Philosopher Anaxagoras was one of ancient Greece’s first atheistic philosophers whose claims about reality and the way it worked were very convincing‚ while also lacking adequate explanation to give them sufficient clout. When compared to traditional Greek religion‚ Anaxagoras’ position on the phenomena of human life was less anthropomorphic and considerably revolutionary. Additionally‚ Anaxagoras’ view on reality‚ specifically concerning nous‚ was a glimpse into the future
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Alex Malecki PHIL 221 Midterm Exam Question 1: The Milesian Pre-Socratics were among the first philosophers to construct naturalistic accounts of the universe as a single‚ unified‚ self-ordering system that did not require the intervention of deities‚ or anything else outside the natural world‚ to call it into existence. The three philosophers associated with this tradition are Thales‚ Anaximander‚ and Anaximenes. All three have a similar conception of the universe‚ at least in the sense that each
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Aristotle‚ being the first historian of philosophy‚ categorized his predecessors according to how they’ve answered the central questions of the human mind – the question of the first principle of all things. It is otherwise known as the Four Causes. He defined science as knowledge through causes. This doctrine of causes is scattered in different Aristotelian treatises but have its highlight in his book Metaphysics. This principle of causality is an essential part of Aristotelian thought. In his
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Empedocles was the Pre-Socratic philosopher that I found to have the most compelling ideas. Empedocles was a Greek philosopher from 490-430 B.C.E. He felt that reality was everlasting and fixed. He also believed that the changes we go through are more than illusion‚ when another philosopher by the name of Parmenides believed just the opposite. Parmenides believed that "change and motion are illusions of the senses". Empedocles also partially believed what philosopher Heraclitus had said about reality
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SLIDE 1 INTRODUCTION IS THERE AN AFTERLIFE? DOES IT HAVE AN AFFECT THE WAY WE LIVE NOW? AMANDA DUKE PHI 105 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLIDE 2 DESCARTES (1596-1650) “I THINK; THEREFOR I AM” THE ONTILOGICAL ARGUMENT: A method of proof which uses intuition and reason alone; examines the concept of God‚ and states if we can conceive of the greatest possible being‚ then it must exist. Speaker Notes: Descartes had strong
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Socrates Essay: Option 1 PHI/105 Larry Waggle Instructor Socrates Essay: Option 1 “There is nothing to fear but fear itself‚” this is a well known saying that I believe describes why Socrates did not fear death or the afterlife. Socrates thought that true philosophers spent their entire lives getting ready for death. So to be afraid of something that you have been preparing so long for is pointless. Socrates believed that only a philosopher that did not fear death could acquire courage and
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CheckPoint: Pre-Socratic Philosophers * Answer the following questions in a 200- to 300-word response: * Which of the Pre-Socratic philosophers had the most compelling ideas? I believe that for their time‚ all held compelling ideas as to how things are in existence; the pre-Socratic philosophers that “stuck out” most to me were The Atomist. By far‚ The Atomist was the closets philosophers to what we the human race holds as true. * Briefly summarize the philosopher’s idea
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is not. (Plato‚ p. 50). Aware that he cannot claim wisdom‚ but intrigued by the Oracle’s answer‚ Socrates embarks on a journey to find someone who is truly wise. The method he used to establish someone’s wisdom or lack of it has been known as the Socratic dialectic. Socrates’ dialectic technique‚ its aim and its method will be examined in this paper. The Apology of Socrates’ by Plato‚ will be used as a case study to illustrate key points. Upon hearing the Oracle’s answer that no one is wiser than
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Identify and analyse the key components of collaboration and Socratic Dialogue and contrast with previous practise. By using Socratic dialogue in the approach of cognitive therapy methods I have used the dialogue to change the client’s thinking which resulted in a change of behaviour and feelings‚ I have found when I have directed questions in a discovery way such as; how does this relate to what you told me earlier or do you see any connection ‚unlike ‘self-directed’ (as in PCT) I have found that
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Socratic Problem The Socratic problem results from the inability to determine what‚ in the writings of Plato‚ is an accurate portrayal of Socrates’ thought and what is the thought of Plato with Socrates as a literary device. Socrates‚ often credited with founding western philosophy and who was put to death by the democracy of Athens in May‚ 399 BC‚ was Plato’s teacher and mentor; Plato‚ like some of his contemporaries‚ wrote dialogues about his departed teacher. Most of what we know about Socrates comes
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