PHIL 2140 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sextus Empiricus, Stoicism, Pyrrho
12 Dec 2017
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(giving century, principal beliefs, and school affiliation if applicable) philosophers chosen from: Empedocles: 400"s bc, the world is made of all the classical elements (earth, air, fire, water). Evolution- limbs that come together, creatures with multiple butt"s and eyes (yes seriously) and different combinations didn"t survive because they weren"t as efficient. The current human combination exists because it gave the most survival advantages. Anaxagoras: 500"s bc, had a theory of matter, division of mind and matter, better to be born so that you can study the mysteries of the universe. Nothing can come out of what it"s not, so everything is in everything, things are what they are the most of. Protagoras: 400"s bce, sophists man is the measure of all things , individual realism: water is both hot and cold, it only depends on who"s touching it, we feel things differently, there is no objective knowledge.
