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Study philosophy: ancient, medieval, modern
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Module 2
The Pre-Socratics: The Birth of Rational Inquiry
1
From Myth to Reason: The Dawn of Philosophy
Explain the significance of the shift from mythological to rational explanation, including the character of pre-philosophical mythological accounts of nature.
2
Thales and Anaximander: Early Concepts of the Arche
Explain Thales' and Anaximander's proposals for the fundamental substance (arche) of nature.
3
Heraclitus: Flux, Logos, and Fragments
Analyze Heraclitus' doctrine of flux and the role of logos using his fragments.
4
Parmenides: The Illusion of Change
Reconstruct Parmenides' argument that change is impossible from his poem 'On Nature'.
5
Zeno's Paradoxes: Defending Parmenides' Monism
Explain Zeno's paradoxes as defenses of Parmenides' position.
6
Democritus' Atomism: Atoms and the Void
Explain the core tenets of Democritus' atomism, including the concepts of atoms and the void.
7
Democritus' Atomism vs. Pre-Socratic Cosmologies
Compare and contrast Democritus' atomism with the cosmologies of earlier Pre-Socratics.
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Foundations of Philosophical Reading and Reasoning
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Socrates and Plato's Early Dialogues