Top Philosophers 2 group 3 by Dr. Swope

Augustine

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:41 UTC

Born nov 15 354, died 28th august 430. Augustine developed the concept of the Pre-schismchatolic church as a spiritual City of god. Many protestants considered him the theological father of protestant reformation.

Aristotle

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:07 UTC

Born 384 BCE

Died 322 BCE

He believed the whole of something was more important than the parts

If someone is to be considered smart they have to think and work with ideas, even if they do not believe in them.

Friedrich Nietzsche

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:48 UTC

Born: October 15, 1844

Died: August 25, 1900

Said what doesn't kill us makes us stronger

People have different ways but for which one is right, wrong, correct, incorrect, only, none of those ways exist

Hume

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:11 UTC

Born may 7th 1711 died 25th august 1776. He was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist. He believed humans can have knowledge only of the objects of experience, and the relations of ideas.

Hume's Empiricism: We know what we know from our opinions, beliefs and observations

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:31 UTC

Born: July 1st, 1646

Died: November 14, 1716

Believed he developed Algebra independently of Newton. He also invented the Leibniz wheel, which was used in the first mass produced calculator, and refined the binary number system.

Socrates

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:16 UTC

469 BC-399 BC

Socratic Method: Solve a problem by asking questions and breaking it down

Socratism: Acceptance of place in this world and fate of what is to come, don't fight what is happening accept it

Thomas Aquinas

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:26 UTC

Born: January 28th, 1225

Died: March 7, 1274

Very influential philosopher when speaking about scholasticism, which was defending dogma (or beliefs) through academics. He was also the father of Thomism, where he questioned the work of Aristotle.

John Stuart Mill

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:36 UTC

Born may 20, 1806

Died may 8 1873

Beliefs are stronger than interests

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

believed limiting desires was better than settling them

John Locke

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:22 UTC

Aug. 29, 1632-Oct. 28, 1704

Classical Republicanism and Liberal theory are in Declaration of Independence

Theory of mind: Origin of conceptions of identiy and self rights

Rousseau

swopepsych — 2015-10-23 14:51:54 UTC

Born 28th june 1712 died 2nd july 1778. He was a philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.Rousseau was a successful composer of music, who wrote seven operas as well as music in other forms, and made contributions to music as a theorist.