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21 Cards in this Set
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first one to suggest a theory of the world the world originated in water |
Thales |
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The world was always changing by the rules of logic and reasonlike fire, which changed everything it came in contact with “One cannot step into the same river twice" |
Heraclitus |
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Everything was static and unchanging Movement was an illusion |
Parmenedies |
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World ruled my math |
Pythagoras |
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Each individual makes his own world “Man is the measure of all things; of that which exists, that it exists, of that which doesn’t exist, that it does not exist." |
Protagoras |
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nihilistno values are real or worthwhile Fake emotion so people relate to you |
Gorgias |
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Might makes right wanna be that one in power authoritarianism |
Thrasymachus |
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fundamental nature of reality |
Metaphysics |
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nature of knowledge |
Epistemology |
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nature of argument |
Logic |
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nature of morality |
Ethics |
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nature of sensory perception |
Aesthetics |
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Euthyphro dilemma |
Are things good because they please the gods or do they please the gods because they are good? |
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Socratic irony |
A feigned ignorance used to expose the weakness of another’s position by encouraging them to explain it in greater detail |
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Reductio ad absurdum |
a technique of analysis that involves taking a proposition seriously enough to check for fallacious or contradictory consequences |
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Appeal to the People |
fallacy of irrelevance just because a lot of people believe something doesn’t make it true. |
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Appeal to emotion |
trying to evoke an emotion in people so that they’ll agree with you pity, anger, fear |
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Self-refuting claim |
an argument whose truth proves its own falsehood |
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Law of identity |
a thing is identical to itself and only to itself |
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Law of non-contradiction |
nothing can be one thing and not one thing at the same time. Nothing can be both true or false, or happen and not happen. |
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Law of excluded middle |
if a thing can be true or false, it is either true or false |