The University of Texas at Brownsville Pre Socratic Philosophy Thales of Miletus Discussion Prompt: Select a Pre-Socratic natural philosopher. E.G. Thales,

The University of Texas at Brownsville Pre Socratic Philosophy Thales of Miletus Discussion Prompt: Select a Pre-Socratic natural philosopher. E.G. Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, Empedocles or Democritus. After reading the entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia, viewing the videos in the Academy of Ideas, and listening to the podcasts in History of Philosophy without Gaps related to the Pre-Socratic you selected, describe in some detail the doctrines of your selected Pre-Socratic natural philosopher.

Play special attention to the following questions

What questions or problems did your Pre-Socratic Philosopher address?
What answers or solutions did he provide to those questions?
How do these answers differ from the sorts of explanations provided by the mytho-poetical tradition?
How, if at all, are the questions or problems addressed by your pre-Socratic philosopher relevant to math and science today?

On number 2 is the link for the reading entry and number 3 is the link for the videos. Note that you do not need to watch the entire videos. they are there and provided for you so you can use if needed.

1-Minimum of 300 words

2- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/presocratics/

3- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYxecbGotUzdE4F5IMBgxN2o-biiRjGi