So, you think you know your philosophers? Name the philosopher known for the idea/quote

Cogito ergo sum Rene Descartes What does the quote mean in English? “I think, therefore I am.”

The first to say that knowledge is acquired via the senses? Aristotle

“To be is to be perceived.” George Berkeley What is the quote in Latin? Esse est percipi.

“One cannot step into the same river twice.” Heraclitus What point about reality is he making? Everything is in a constant state of change. Nothing ever is, it is always becoming.

That which is, is. That which is not, is not. Parmenides What point about reality is he making? Change is impossible.

This alone I know, that I know nothing. Socrates What is his MOST famous quote? The unexamined life is not worth living.

Name the 3 British Empiricists John Locke George Berkeley David Hume

This “Moderate Rationalist” believed some knowledge is a priori Immanuel Kant What does a priori mean? The idea that knowledge is possible PRIOR to experience.

A “Modern” Philosopher who believed in innate ideas Rene Descartes

Air is the basis of all creation. Anaximenes

All life originates from the sea. Anaximander

All things are perceived by God, the Ultimate Perceiver George Berkeley

This early Athenian claimed that the mind brings order to the world of matter by organising sensory information. Anaxogoras

She was an early Neo-Platonist from Alexandria Hypatia

Atoms are the basic elements of matter Democritus

There are four intellectual idols to overcome. Francis Bacon

Universal forms reside within the particular entities they embody Aristotle

Primary & secondary qualities are not different since they both come via sense experience George Berkeley

Earth, fire, water and air are the basic elements of all things. Empedocles

The first to believe in innate ideas. Plato Who was his teacher? Socrates Who was Plato’s famous student? Aristotle

Ideas are not innate! They are attained by experience. John Locke

Impressions are lively & vivacious, ideas are faint echoes of impressions. David Hume What did Hume think about the idea of causality? It didn’t exist: we can’t see causes. We only see the before, then the after. What is the result of extrapolating Hume’s thinking? There is no external reality. SKEPTICISM!

It is not possible to prove the truth of any idea or theory with certainty. Karl Popper

Movement is impossible Zeno What are his famous paradoxes? Achilles and the tortoise. The arrow

Numbers are the basic element of all things Pythagoras

Objects have primary & secondary qualities John Locke

Rulers should be kings who think like philosophers Plato

Scientists work within an unquestioned set of beliefs; a paradigm that shapes their thinking. Thomas Kuhn

Senses tell us “the way of seeming,” reason gives us the “way of truth Parmenides

Since the idea of God must come from God (I’m not capable…) God must exist. Rene Descartes

So influential in philosophy, he’s known as “The Philosopher.” Aristotle

The mind is a “tabula rasa” a blank slate or blank page. John Locke What is the name of his most famous work? An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

Water is the basic substance of all matter. Thales

Wondered: “did I dream that I was a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I’m me?” Chuang Tzu

to be continued?