Unit 3 Quiz β Saving the Phenomena: Pluralists and Atomists
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What constraint did Parmenides impose on every later theory of nature?
The shared Pluralist strategy for 'saving the phenomena' was toβ¦
In Empedocles' system, what role do Love (philia) and Strife (neikos) play?
Anaxagoras' principle that there is 'a portion of everything in everything' means thatβ¦
Why does Anaxagoras insist that Nous (Mind) is unmixed and pure?
In the Phaedo, why is Socrates ultimately disappointed by Anaxagoras' Nous?
How do the Atomists respond to Parmenides' denial of the void?
Democritus' claim that things are 'by convention sweet, by convention bitter β¦ but in reality atoms and void' expresses which idea?
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Explain how the Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus) tried to 'save the phenomena' in the face of Parmenides' argument, and critically assess whether their doctrine of the void really escapes that argument.
What to cover: Set out atoms and void, show how they answer Parmenides' ban on coming-to-be and on 'what-is-not', and note Democritus on 'convention' versus 'reality'; then judge whether admitting the void refutes Parmenides or merely defies him.
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