Philosophy

Philosophy

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  Philosophy Aristotle AmarbirDhillon, Adam Jabouri, Alex Murata
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  Biography DOB 384B.C. – DOD 322 B.C. Macedonia Student of Plato - often didn’t agree with teacher - used both reason and senses - created terminology for today’s science - great organizer, classified various sciences - thought women as ‘unfinished man’ - this thought held through Middle Ages Europe’s first biologist and dry a writer
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  Issues With KnowledgeAristotle’s theory is a solution to the problem of universals. The problem of the universals is whether the universals exist. Aristotle disagreed with Plato on his view of his theory of knowledge. They are 2 positions of the issue which are realism and nominalism.
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  Main Theory AristotleMain theory was his theory of Universals. Aristotle believed that that there are no universals that are unattached to existing things Universals exist only where they are instantiated (which means they only exist is things) So according to Aristotle and his theory, the form of apple exists within each apple, rather than in the world of the form
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  Responding To &Different From Aristotle is an empiricist. Believed knowledge was based on experience. Aristotle describes metaphysics as, "the theory of being as being and of what 'to be' means." Aristotle had different theories from Plato. Plato was a rationalist , viewing our knowledge of reality as derived from intuitive reason, while Aristotle was an empiricist, basing all knowledge of reality on experience
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  Vocabulary Experience - a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something Aristotle – evidence required through senses, believed importance of reason a characteristic distinguished in human beings Idea - any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. Philosophy a concept developed by the mind, a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal Aristotle – created after seeing a ‘form’ Form - external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration Aristotle – common to all, specific characteristic Substance - that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material Philosophy something that exists by itself and in which accidents or attributes inhere; that which receives modifications and is not itself a mode; something that is causally active; something that is more than an event. Aristotle – what things are made of = strives for potential
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  Bibliography Obligar, ChristinaL., Keith, and Terry. &quot;Aristotle's Thoughts on Reality.&quot; The Philosophers' Lighthouse . 16 Nov. 2008 <http://library.thinkquest.org/18775/aristotle/realar.htm>. Gaarder, Jostein. Sophie's World : A Novel about the History of Philosophy . Trans. Paulette Moller. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. &quot;Form, Substance, Idea, Experience.&quot; Dictionary.com . 16 Nov. 2008 <http://dictionary.reference.com/>.