Socrates (470 - 399 BCE)
- Greek philosopher
- Great influence on Western philosophy
- Hated during his time
- Anti-democracy
- Wrote nothing
- Only knowledge is from outside accounts (ex. Plato)
Plato (428/427 - 348/347 BCE)
- Greek philosopher
- Student of Socrates
- Theory of forms
- The physical world is not real and is therefore made of embodiments of intangible
things such as beauty, justice, and equality
- Knowledge is born within us
- Focused on introspection
Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE)
- Greek philosopher
- Student of Plato
- Aristotelian concepts are embedded in Western thinking
- Founder of formal logic
- Knowledge grows from experiences stored in memories
- Rejected Plato’s theory of forms
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
- British naturalist
- Created theory of evolution by natural selection
Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939)
- Austrian neurologist
- Founder of psychoanalysis
- The idea that talking freely can help with mental problems
- Believed unconscious motives + internal conflicts determine behaviour
- Most famous psychologist
- Part of pop culture
- The Interpretation of Dreams
- Analysis of the subconscious
- Oedipus complex
- Conscious mind is made up of three parts
- Greek philosopher
- Great influence on Western philosophy
- Hated during his time
- Anti-democracy
- Wrote nothing
- Only knowledge is from outside accounts (ex. Plato)
Plato (428/427 - 348/347 BCE)
- Greek philosopher
- Student of Socrates
- Theory of forms
- The physical world is not real and is therefore made of embodiments of intangible
things such as beauty, justice, and equality
- Knowledge is born within us
- Focused on introspection
Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE)
- Greek philosopher
- Student of Plato
- Aristotelian concepts are embedded in Western thinking
- Founder of formal logic
- Knowledge grows from experiences stored in memories
- Rejected Plato’s theory of forms
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
- British naturalist
- Created theory of evolution by natural selection
Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939)
- Austrian neurologist
- Founder of psychoanalysis
- The idea that talking freely can help with mental problems
- Believed unconscious motives + internal conflicts determine behaviour
- Most famous psychologist
- Part of pop culture
- The Interpretation of Dreams
- Analysis of the subconscious
- Oedipus complex
- Conscious mind is made up of three parts
