- Unit 8. Philosophy and Science
- Getting Started
  - What Are We Learning
  - Observe and Think
  - Map Your Mind
- Philosophy and Science
  - First Steps of Science
    - Some Scientific Principles
    - Numbers and Paradoxes
    - First Steps of Medicine
    - Greek Tecnological Achievements
  - Philosophy
    - Socrates
    - Plato
    - Aristotle
    - Epicureans and Stoics
    - A Wall for Reflection
- Self-Evaluation Quiz
- Complementary Activities
  - The Greek and Latin Roots of English
  - One Myth, One Song
  - Games, Comics and Stuff
- References

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# Self-Evaluation Quiz

SCORM Quiz
Who is said to be the father of science?

| Anaximenes
| Thales
| Anaxagoras

Who thought out the first atomic theory?

| Parmenides
| Thales
| Democritus

Who thought that nature could be explained by numbers?

| Pythagoras
| Eratosthenes
| Democritus

Who said that one cannot step into the same river twice, meaning that nature is fundamentaly changing?

| Heraclitus
| Parmenides
| Epicurus

Who developed the first scientific approach to anatomy and medicine?

| Galen
| Hippocrates
| Aristotle

What theorem explains that when an object is immersed in water, it feels lighter?

| Pythagora's
| Archimedes'
| Thales'

What theorem is explained by this design?

| Pythagora's
| Archimede's
| Thales'

What is this picture not about?

| Pi number
| Phi number
| golden section

Who became known as being able to act wisely without being wise?

| epicureans
| stoics
| sophists

If your teacher asks you a series of questions to lead you to the point he desires, what educational method is he employing?

| sophistics
| maieutics
| mnemonics

Plato seems to be pointing at something in this picture. What could it be?

| the world of the Gods
| the world of Ideas
| the world of the shadows

According to Aristotle, happiness is living three lives: the life of pleasure, the life of honour and the life of...

| study
| travel
| contemplation

Who thaught that the purpose of philosophy was to attain a happy tranquil life, characterized by peace and freedom from fear and the absence of pain and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends?

| Aristotle
| Plato
| Epicurus

"John is a stoical guy". What do I mean when saying that?

| he loves pleasures
| he is characterized by joy and happiness
| he is characterized by impassivity or resignation

Which of the following was not invented by the Greeks?

| odometer
| numbers: 0,1,2,3, etc.
| water clock

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