Western Philosophical Tradition
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Course Introduction
The Western Philosophical Tradition explores the foundational concepts, influential thinkers, and enduring debates that have shaped Western philosophy from antiquity to the modern era. The course examines key texts and ideas from figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, and others. Students engage with topics including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and the nature of reason, tracing the development of philosophical thought and its impact on contemporary issues and intellectual life in the Western world.
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Philosophic Classics From Plato to Derrida 6th Edition by Forrest Baird
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Chapter 1: Ancient Greek Philosophy
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Sample Questions
Q1) Philonous looks at Locke's primary and secondary qualities distinction and concludes A)primary qualities are as non-representative of the world as secondary qualities.
B)extension is the only primary quality which is accurately represented to our sensations.
C)neither primary nor secondary qualities give any knowledge at all.
D)Locke's divisions and conclusions were correct.
Answer: A
Q2) Philosophers associate ideas based on all of the following except A)resemblance.
B)contiguity.
C)cause and effect.
D)relation of ideas.
Answer: D
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