Exam 1: Reality

Among the most important teachings of __________ are the Four Noble Truths.

__________ claimed, "You cannot step into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on."

Descartes declared that the principle attribute of the mind was extension.

According to Leibniz, the world was composed of aggregates of basic, immaterial, indivisible substances called __________.

The immortal recurring soul has played a key role in many philosophical theories of reality. How have philosophers used it in the past (eastern and western) to make sense of our ability to obtain knowledge? What are some weaknesses to this kind of metaphysical argument?

For Bertrand Russell, "size" is __________.

__________ and __________ had a famous disagreement concerning the nature of space and time.

Explain the argument in the abstracted portion of Meno. Then offer three criticisms of the argument.

Metaphysics is the division of ontology that asks questions about how the universe came to be, how a substances can exist, how things are composed, and how different substances interact.

Thales suggested that the source of everything was, __________.