Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Sophie was asked why Lego's were the most ingenious toy in the world, she played with her legos to discover the answer. Whose philosophy was exemplified in Sophie's World by Lego blocks |
Democritus |
|
|
Sohie received 3 more questions. One of these was: is there a basic substance that everything else is made of? We call the early Greeks who tried to answer this question what type of philosopher? Remember, they rejected the myths in favor of this type of answer: |
Natural philosopher |
|
|
At the end of reading a long philosophy lesson, Sophie found that the sun had arisen over the woods to the in the east. She saw the world as completely different after her lesson, as though she had been seeing shadows rather than clear ideas. Which philosopher was she reading about? |
Plato |
|
|
Sophie says to her birds: "Dear Smit and Smule. You have become little budgerigars because you grew out of dear little budgerigars eggs, and because these eggs had the form of being budgerigars, luckily you didn't grow into squaking parrots." Which philosophy is she referring to? |
Aristotle |
|
|
Alberto described a period of time in terms of 1 hour=100 years. It began at four o' clock and was filled with an endless row of Sundays. It was: |
Middle Ages |
|
|
Alberto met Sophie at St. Mary's church and told her about the interminable middle ages. He was dressed as a monk to represent which two philosophers? (one at the beginning and one at the end of the middle ages) |
St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas |
|
|
Alberto and Sophie call Alber Knag "crafty" and "ingenious" and may be putting words in their mouths. They begin to doubt everything-for all they know their entire lives could be a dream. This sonds like the "doubting method" of which philosopher? |
Descartes |
|
|
Alberto and Sophie Discuss the nature of an Orange and its "extended" qualities (round, 200 grams, just one, etc.) which they could understand with their reason, and other qualities which varied depending on the nature of the sensations of the person descriin it. This was an example of |
primary and secondary qualities |
|
|
The discussion above is an example of the philosophy of |
Descartes/Locke |
|
|
Sophie syas she is interesed in teh real world where there are flowers and animals and children that are born and grown up. Alverto tells here about a philosopher who took the everyday world as his starting point. This philsopher was: |
Hume |
|
|
Sophie and Alverto come to the conclusion that the "will" or "spirit" that is the cause of everything in their world could be Hilde's Father. This is an example of whose philsophy? |
Berekeley |
|
|
In a letter to HIlde, Albert says: "if the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would stillb e so stupid that we couldn't understand it" He meant we cannot expected to comprehend ourselves, much less the universe. There are limits to human understanding. This was an example of the philosophy of: |
Kant |
|
|
Alberto tells of two trees-one grows bigger because it has good soil and water. So this tree is "free" (it is not God's pupper) But it obeys the laws of nature so that if it is and apple tree it will not bear pears or plums." Whose philosophy is he describing? |
Spinoza |
