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What did Anaxagoras do? correct answer: He introduced the mattermind distinction to philosophy. What did Anselm believe about proving God's existence? correct answer: You could do it using just the concept of God as the greatest being conceivable. What did Aquinas maintain concerning the human soul? correct answer: It is a direct creation of God. What did Aristotle say about all change? correct answer: It is a movement from potentiality to actuality. What did Benedict Spinoza ...

KIN 2501 TEST #1 Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) What are sources of historical information? - answerPrimary sources and secondary sources Where was the term "sport" first used? - answerEngland (around 1440) Defintion of history - answerthe study of change, over time Interpretive historical research - answerExplains the how and the why of events, narrator's perspective Descriptive historical research - answerObjective, detailed account of what happened in the past, a...

Chapter 3: The Birth of Philosophy MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. How did early philosophers attempt to explain the world? a. By using natural rather than supernatural ideas b. By creating stories based on their religious beliefs c. By using higher mathematics d. By using introspection and related methods ANS: A DIF: Conceptual REF: Introduction 2. How have we learned much of what we know about the teachings of the earliest philosophers? a. Through their own writings b. Through c...

C100 WGU Objective Assessment Vocab. Full Coverage, rated A+ Humanities - -seeks to understand what humans believe and why. Themes - -unifying ideas that are repeated or developed throughout a literary or artistic work. Individualism - -separates one unique person from another, as well as the social and philosophical viewpoint that celebrates that difference. Revolution - -A fundamental, dramatic shift in organizational structure that occurs over a short period of time. Classicism - -...

Descartes years of life 1596-1650 Descartes goal unify philosophy + theology + science background 1. christianity 2. theology --> St. Augustine(plato), Thomas Aquinas (aristotle) 3. "dark ages" 4. 1400-1700 --> science + technology (telescope) Who thinks what exists? *Substances= thomas aquinas, aristotle *atoms= lucretius *WOF/WOS= plato, socrates Purpose of Meditation #1 find a firm foundation for knowledge (Common Sense Theism) Meditation ...

Psychology The Science of Behavior and Mental Processes Socrates and Plato thought the mind and body were separate and that the mind goes on after death. Also thought Knowledge was innate. Aristotle student of Plato; thought knowledge was obtained through experiences Rene Descartes thought the mind and body were separate John Locke thought a mind at birth was a blank slate. helped form empiricism empiricism knowledge is from experiences and therefor scien...

How do Mesopotamia and Egypt view nature it was part of their worldview How did Hebrews View God? God is above all nature don't see God as a rock Homer "Shaper of the Greek thought" What did Homer believe? there was a universal order to things what did Cosmologist believe? They searched for the underlying principal of the universe What did the Greeks move from in terms of religion? Myth making to Monotheism Name 3 Greek Thinkers Plato Aristot...

Philosophy Areas of Study - correct answersMetaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social/political philosophy, aesthetics, and logic Philosophy - correct answersWonder, a dynamic process, wisdom, and truth "the love or persuit of wisdom) Philen - correct answersLove Sophia - correct answersWisdom Ultimate Aim of Philosophy - correct answers-to complete liberty of the mind -freedom from all social, political, or religious prejudice -to care for the well being of the soul - answe...

Philosophy Midterm questions and answers 100% accurate One of the three epistemological questions discussed in the text is a. Is there such a thing as mental telepathy? b.Is scientific knowledge incompatible with religious faith?. c. What is the meaning of life? d. Does our knowledge represent reality as it really is? d. Does our knowledge represent reality as it really is? Who said "Each one of us is a measure of what is and of what is not"? Answer a. Quine b. Protagoras c....

1. Not investigating whether or not one's beliefs about the physical universe make sense in connection with their beliefs about their gods fails which criterion of good thinking/philosophy/science? a. consistency b. coherency c. adequacy d. applicability e. communicability b. coherency 2. Literary writing, like that of Hemingway or Steinbeck, a. mythic explana- in that it attempts to explain some aspect of human experience is an example of a. mythic explanation b. material explanation c....