Exam 2: The Pre-Socratics and the Sophists

According to Thales, the universe is fundamentally __________.

__________ famously declared, "Man is the measure of all things."

Heraclitus claims that the logos is constantly in flux.

Subjective relativism is the view that truth depends on what the individual accepts as true, not on the way things are.

Heraclitus rejects the idea of an organizing principle of the universe.

According to Parmenides, reality is __________.

Thales's great contribution to philosophy and science is (are) his __________, whereby he sought natural and simple explanations for natural phenomena.

Heraclitus claims that although all things __________, they are really __________.

Democritus advances the theory known as ancient __________.

The basic outlines of natural selection were first articulated by Empedocles.

According to Zeno, there is no such thing as motion.

Among the features of reality, according to Parmenides, is __________.

Of all the early Greek notions about the nature of the universe, Democritus's theory comes closest to that of modern scientists.

One commonality between Socrates and the Sophists was the latter's focus on __________ inquiries.

__________ is said to have been a pupil of Thales.

Parmenides distinguishes between appearance and __________.

According to Heraclitus, there is an underlying, unchanging sameness behind the flux of things.

The relativist is committed to the view that there are objective truths.

Cultural relativism implies that other cultures are beyond moral criticism.

According to ancient atomism, atoms consist of neutrons and protons.