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Philosophy Game

Make a set of cards. Each card will have one of the 10 great Western philosophers one side, and a fact about them on the other side. Given two philosophers, and a fact about one of them, be able to say which philosopher it is true for.

Facts for the game

• What country did they live in?
• What century did they live in?
• What are their favorite concepts?
• What are their great ideas?
• What are great or interesting quotes from their texts?
• What are their greatest books?
• What are interesting facts about them?

Terms to know and relate to the philosophers

• Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Contemporary
• Analytic, Apriorist, Aposteriorist, Aristotelian, Christian, Continental, Existentialist, Platonic, Idealist, Materialist, Skeptic, Empiricist, Rationalist, Mystic
• Aesthetics, Axiology, Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, Metaphysics, Ontology, Phenomenology, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy of science, Political philosophy, Value theory
• Theology, Mathematics, Physics, Pedagogy
• Greek, Latin, English, German

Also know

Timeline of great events in the history of the Western world.

• Egyptian pyramids
• Buddha, Confucius
• Alexander the Great
• Rise of the Roman Empire
• Birth of Jesus Christ
• Fall of the Roman Empire
• Islam
• Crusades
• Discovery of America
• Renaissance
• Reformation
• Scientific revolution
• Enlightenment
• American Revolution
• French Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• World War I and the Russian Revolution
• World War II
• Information Age
• Collapse of the Soviet Union