Allegory of the cave Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for their actions? - Non determinist and soft determinist The ____ stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values, and goals as determinants of behavior. - Soft Determinist For Aristotle, sensory experience - was necessary but not sufficient for attaining knowledge According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental objects because: - their movement influences a medium, which in turn s...

Themes of Renaissance period rebirth of classicism, humanism, rationalism, scientific expansion, university system, individualism, self-fashioning rebirth of classicism During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of classical ideals, mainly humanism, rationalism, and balance, Humanism (Renaissance) an optimistic attitude that praises human abilities to be successful in their endeavors Rationalism emphasis on reason over senses in gain knowledge Individualism what...

Allegory of the cave (Plato's cave) - CORRECT ANSWER To be liberated from the cave we must precede into the light, dismissing appearances as mere illusion and seek true knowledge. This is when we reach our goal ('telos') Normative - CORRECT ANSWER how we should be/what we should do The Tri-partite soul (Plato) - CORRECT ANSWER Reason (control), Spirit (emotions like pride and courage), Appetite (bodily and wordly desires) The Materialist view (Hobbes) - CORRECT ANSWER E...

Camus - Algerian author who wrote The Stranger, "The Rebel," and The Plague. Chaucer - Author who wrote The Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales, and House of Fame. Paradise Lost - Name this epic poem by John Milton that ends with with the first humans being exiled from the Garden of Eden. Milton - This author was an English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. Faulkner - This American author wrote about a woman's murder in "A Rose for Emily." Name this man who wrote ...

Humanities derived from the Latin term, humanitas, which essentially refers to humans and their culture. Learn what it is to be human from a cultural sense. Chronology a method of taking events and putting them in the order of occurrence. In the study of the Humanities, a chronological timeline or a listing of the sequence of events allows us to see connections between cause and effect Themes are unifying ideas that are repeated or developed throughout a literary or artistic wor...

Thomas Kuhn - Defined normal science, established paradigms, wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Karl Popper - concept of falsification Paul Feyerabend - Argued that science cannot be described by any standard set of rules, principles, or standards. In fact, he said, history shows that scientific progress occurs when individual scientists violate whatever rules, principles, or standards existed at the time. correspondence theory of truth - belief that truth corresponds to real...

Ethics - Answer-The academic discipline of analyzing morality, based on reasoning, rules and logic. Cosmogony - Answer-The study of the origin of the universe. Pythagoras - Answer-A pre-Socratic philosopher, mathematician and cosmologist who wrote nothing himself, but is historically thought to have believed in the magic of numbers and reincarnation. Sophists - Answer-A group of traveling teachers from the fifth century BC who were paid to lecture on a variety of topics. They can be conside...

Absolute - correct answer-Definition: A word free from limitation Own Definition: No restrictions Example: Best Allegory - correct answer-Definition: An allegory is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example. Usually a rhetoric device, an allegory suggests a meaning via metaphoric examples. Own Definition: Using something to portray something else. Example:"Animal Farm", ...

Plato's Allegory of the Cave - correct answer explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and truth. Shadows (doubts, prejudices, cultural norms) play a role in the illustration of our ability or inability to be freed from illusion (or gain new knowledge and understanding) Existentialism - correct answer people are free agents who have control over their own thoughts and actions Sartre - correct answer we are all born as a blank slate, we can make it into whatever we want, we...

WGU C100 - Introduction to Humanities – Exam Review, Comprehensive. Rated A+ Classicism - -refers to the aesthetic attitudes and principles reflected in the art and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome Major Themes in the Classical Period - -Balance, truth/reason, democracy/republic and humanism Democracy - -government "rule by the people" developed by Greeks Socratic Method - -Analytical method of reasoning developed by Greek philosopher Socrates, ask a progression of questions in...