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Upon completing this chapter you should be able to:
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1. Give a brief description of metaphysics and epistemology. |
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2. Distinguish the philosophical from the occult sense of metaphysics. |
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3. Explain how the term "metaphysics" arose. |
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4. Provide several examples of metaphysical questions. |
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5. State the metaphysical question that got philosophy started. |
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6. Describe in broad terms the basic picture of reality given by the following pre-Socratics:
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7. Empedocles and Anaxagoras |
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8. The Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus) |