Skepticism: Questioning Everything Timeline Game
Summoning Knowledge...
Put the following events in chronological order.
Temporal Tangle
Put the events in order from earliest to latest.
Loading Words...
Track Your Progress!
Create a free account to save your game scores, track your learning and build your mastery.
Track Your Progress!
You have played your allowed number of guest games. Please create a free account to continue playing unlimited games, save your scores, and track your learning.
Review Your X Missed Items
75%
"A solid attempt. The path to mastery is forged through practice."
Rank: Adept
Review Missed Items
Quickly see the questions you got wrong and their correct answers.
Study the Lesson
Go back to the full lesson to review the core concepts in more detail.
Continue Your Quest!
Scribe's Challenge
Test your recall! Choose the correct foreign translation.
Translator's Test
Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
Echo Chamber
Listen to the word and choose the correct English translation.
Whispering Spell
Listen to the word and find the matching foreign text.
Language Rune Ravel
Unscramble the foreign words from jumbled letters.
Lexicon Links
Match the foreign word to its English counterpart.
Memory Glyphs
Review and reinforce your vocabulary with flashcards.
Rune Ravel
Unscramble the key terms from this lesson.
Enchanter's Quest
Take the Quiz - Challenge your recall of the key facts and figures.
Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
Quest Complete!
Congratulations on completing this lesson's quest! You've demonstrated great skill and dedication in mastering the material. Now, continue your adventure by exploring other exciting topics!
You've Earned a Magic Charm!
Congratulations! You've earned a magical charm for your progress. This charm will aid you in your future quests.
Cast a Spell
Use a magic spell to help you on your quest!
You have 3 spells left for today.
Cast a Spell
Use a magic spell to help you on your quest!
You have 3 spells left for today.
-
Scryer's Sight
Eliminate incorrect choices.
-
Temporal Twist
Add 15 seconds to the timer.
-
Oracle's Hint
Receive a small hint.
About This Challenge
Are you a skeptic who questions everything? Test your knowledge and critical thinking skills with our timeline game!
- Players must place events in their correct chronological order
Need a Hint? View the Facts
- c. 360-270 BCE: Pyrrho of Elis develops Pyrrhonism, a form of skepticism that questions the possibility of knowledge
- c. 315-241 BCE: Academic skepticism is founded by Arcesilaus in response to the dogmatism of the Stoics
- 2nd century CE: Sextus Empiricus writes 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism', a comprehensive work on skepticism
- 9th-13th century CE: Medieval philosophers like Al-Ghazali and St. Augustine incorporate skepticism into their works
- 16th century CE: Renaissance thinkers like Montaigne and Descartes engage with skepticism in their writings
- 1748: David Hume publishes 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding', a key work on skepticism
- 1781: Immanuel Kant responds to Hume's skepticism with his 'Critique of Pure Reason'
- 19th century: Friedrich Nietzsche explores skepticism in his works, challenging traditional notions of truth
- 1920s: Logical positivism emerges in the early 20th century, advocating for a scientific approach to knowledge
- late 20th century: Postmodernism in the late 20th century questions the possibility of objective truth and knowledge
- 21st century: Contemporary philosophers like Richard Rorty and Jacques Derrida continue to explore skepticism in the 21st century
- ongoing: Skepticism remains a central theme in modern philosophy, influencing debates on epistemology and metaphysics