1. Introduction to Philosophy
Mid-term Examination Study Guide
You should know the following philosophers (or groups of philosophers) and their
basic teachings:
• Pre-Socratics
• Thales
• Pythagoras
• Heraclitus
• Parmenides
• Zeno of Elea
• Democritus
• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Epicureans
• Stoics
• Jesus of Nazareth
You should know the following concepts/ideas:
• Branches of philosophy (name and what they study)
• World-view
• What logic can establish (validity)
• The meaning of the word “philosophy”
• The types of questions philosophers ask (big / important)
• Monotheism
• Polytheism
• Pantheism
• Panentheism
• Zeno's Paradox of Motion
• The Socratic Method
• Plato’s Cave