Chapter 2 Flashcards
(47 cards)
Animism
everything in nature is alive
Anthropomorphism
human attributes given to nature
What did early human believe dreaming was?
Spirits temporary leaving body
What is the concept of whatever you imagine is real?
logical faultily (rectification)
Cosmologists
want to know the substance of the universe
Who was the 1st philosopher ?
Thales
What was Thales physis
Water
Did Thales believe in super natural?
No one of the 1st to look into the natural world
What was Anaximander Physis?
He believed the boundless and the limitless
Who believe we arose from fish?
Anaximander
What was Heraclitus physis?
Fire
What did Heraclitus believe?
” it is impossible to step twice into the same river “
everything is always changing
Who said “ nothing is , everything is becoming “
Heraclitus
Who believed change was illusion
Parmenides
What was Parmenides true reality?
it was motionless,infinite
Is Pythagoras a dualist?
yes
What was Pythagoras belief ?
He believed that everything can be explained by math and numerical
Pythagoras world of numbers consist of ?
it was perfect, real permanent,
Pythagoras observable world consist of ?
changing . explanation via senses
Empedocles believed world was form in what four parts?
earth, fire, wind, water
Who believed the world was made up of atoms?
Democritus
Who were two founders of Greek medicine
Alcmaeon and Hippocrates
How did Alcmaeon treat his patients?
He treated them with opposites
if your hot then you would get a cold press
Who believed all disease of mental and physical were of natural causes ?
Hippocrates