Vocabulary:

• philia
• sophia
• Axiology
• Epistemology
• Metaphysics
• History of Philosophy
• Logic
• contingent
• Natural Religion
• Dualism
• Materialism
• Idealism
• Ontology
• Pluralism
• Realism
• Nominalism
• Divided Line
• Allegory of the Cave
• Being
• Becoming
• matter
• mind
• eternal
• temporal
• primary substance
• secondary substance
• universal
• particular
• transcendent
• immanent
• Rationalism
• Empiricism
• elements
• Hylomorphic Composite
• Aristotle’s four causes

Names to Know:

• Plato
• Plotinus
• Aristotle
• St. Augustine
• St. Anselm
• Theophrastus
• Al-Kindi
• Ibn Rushd (aka, Averrose)
• William of Moerbeke
• St. Thomas of Aquinas

Things to be Familiar With:

• Philosophy of Religion is usually associated with which subdiscipline of Philosophy?
• What are the four basic questions underlying the Philosophy of Religion?
• What is the fundamental difference between Philosophy and Theology?
• The degree to which God is said to interact with the world is described in terms of transcendence and immanence. Describe the most extreme views from both points of view.
• Plato’s Ontology is often represented in a diagram known as the “Divided Line:”. Be prepared to reproduce and explain the Divided Line and what it means.
• Explain how Plato’s ontology shapes his answer to Axiological questions like “What is good?”, and “What is just?”, and “What is beautiful?”
• Explain the fundamental difference between Plato and Aristotle in regard to the relationship between universals and particulars.
• Explain the fundamental difference between Plato and Aristotle in regard to the nature of the soul and its relationship to the body.
• Explain how Aristotle’s ontology shapes his answer to Axiological questions like “What is good?”, and “What is just?”, and “What is beautiful?”
• Explain Aristotle’s theory of causation and the concept of the hylomorphic composite.

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