Short Answer


1		Define metaphysics and epistemology. What is the connection between these two branches of philosophy?



2		What do the metaphysics of Thales, Anaximenes and Anaximander have in common? How do they differ?



3		Give two versions of Pythagoras' metaphysical views. Why is Pythagoras important for later metaphysicians like Plato?



4		Compare and contrast the metaphysics of Heraclitus and Parmenidies. Why are they so important to later metaphysicians such as the particle theorists?



5		Compare and contrast the particle theories of Empedocles and Anaxagoras.



6		How does ancient atomism differ from the particle theories of Empedocles and Anaxagoras? What important ideas does atomism contain?



7		Provide some possible interpretations of the question, What is the nature of being?



8		Is it true that something cannot come from nothing?



9		Explain and critically evaluate Parmenides' arguments that being is unitary, undifferentiated, and eternal.



10		"The behavior of atoms is governed entirely by physical law." "Humans have free will." Are these statements incompatible? Explain.

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