What does the word “philosophia” literally mean? b. How do…

What does the word “philosophia” literally mean? b. How do…

What does the word “philosophia” literally mean?

b. How do philosophers claim to build upon the kinds of judgments that we make in everyday life?

c. Know how Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle are related.

d. Know how Western Philosophy emerged in Greece in contrast to the myths about the gods. (e.g. what kind of notion of divinity replaced the traditional Greek gods.)

e. Know about Thales. What is he famous for? How do his priorities illustrate how early western philosopher’s understood their activity?

f. Know the paradox of identity and the paradox of the heap.

g. Discuss how the paradox of identity is applied to human beings.

h. Summarize Ibn Sina’s argument for the existence of God. (Also know the distinction between necessary and possible existents and how they are related)

i. Summarize Thomas Aquinas’ Third Way for showing the existence of God.

j. Summarize Paley’s argument for the existence of God.

k. Summarize Hume’s criticism of the kind of argument which Paley presents.

l. Define metaphysics and state how questions concerning the existence of God and concerning identity are metaphysical questions.