SPIRITAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY ISIENU-NUSKKA AN AFFILIATE OF UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA TOPIC THE CATEGORIES OF ARISTOTLE COURSE INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS 1 NAME MABKWE NICHOLAS CHUKWUNWEIKE REG. NO 09/UN/SI/A/0826 LECTURER REV. FR. DR. B. ABANUKA C.S.Sp. DATE JANUARY 2011 INTRODUCTION Aristotle (384-322BC) is one of the most influential philosophers of the western tradition and had many philosophical works credited to him. In his treatise on logic collectively
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society.[1] As an ontological doctrine‚ idealism goes further‚ asserting that all entities are composed of mind or spirit.[2] Idealism thus rejects physicalist and dualist theories that fail to ascribe priority to the mind. The corresponding idea in metaphysics is monism. The earliest extant arguments that the world of experience is grounded in the mental derive from India and Greece. The Hindu idealists in India and the Greek Neoplatonists gave pantheistic arguments for an all-pervading consciousness
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Reading Questions for Phil 413.900‚ Spring 2009 (Daniel) Questions on Descartes’ Meditations I & II (Jan. 22) 1. For Descartes‚ why can’t knowledge gained through sense experience be trusted as the basis of knowledge? 2. How are the doubts raised by our experience of dreaming different from‚ and more profound than‚ doubts raised about errors in sense experience? 3. How is the evil genius argument intended to be broader in scope than either the arguments about doubting sense experience or dreaming
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a good end‚ for the reason that is desired and sought by the intellect of the soul alone. However‚ there is a continuous and necessary order that we are follow to reach the end. Our obligation to reach an end is the fundamentals of Metaphysics. The appetite of man can be divided into three parts; sensitive appetite of men‚ the nature of intellectual will‚ and the nature and the need for habits. A former professor of philosophy at Creighton University by the name of Henri Renard
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Plato imagined that there existed an ideal or perfect world beyond our own physical earth. Our earthly world is full of unevenness‚ imperfections‚ and impurities which have been copied from the true ideal world which is beyond us. Plato further believed that our physical world and its Forms participate or imitate the real Forms in a disorderly way. He claimed that there was a relationship between the realm of Forms and our world. This relationship revealed to us mortals the forms and brought order
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logically inconsistent. Compatibilists accept as true with freedom may be present or absent in conditions for reasons that don’t have anything to do with metaphysics. As an instance‚ courts of legislation make judgments roughly whether persons are acting beneath their individual free will below detailed circumstances with out bringing in metaphysics. In a similar fashion‚ political liberty is a non-metaphysical inspiration. Likewise‚ compatibilists define unfastened will as freedom to behave in keeping
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experience. There are some written accounts of such experiences and from these we get glimpses of the next life. [Corazon Cruz] Philosophy of man is the study of man and its philosophy in life that is subdivided into many branches such us ethics‚ metaphysics natural philosophy etc. PHILOSOPHY came from the Greek word PHILO meaning Love and SOPHIA meaning wisdom‚ French believe that PHILO means friendship rather than Love cause they believe that Love is a state of confusion‚ mallicious intentions mixed
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Intro to Philosophy April 26‚ 2012 Final Paper Bishop George Berkeley “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it‚ does it make a sound?” Although this famous quote is not the exact wording used by the philosopher Bishop George Berkeley‚ he was the inspiration behind this idea along with many others. Throughout his life‚ Berkeley developed theories that laid the foundation for the study of modern philosophy. His life experiences and travels assisted him in becoming
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Plato vs. Freud on Metaphysics Plato and Freud have made great strides in their respective fields of study. Both men have made a lasting impact on the way we now as humans view the world that we live in. Plato and Freud have similarities in views that they share but they also have some differences metaphysically. Plato believes that what is ultimately real are ideas‚ he believes that images are imperfect representations of the perfect concepts. While Freud believes what is physically real is by
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our actions” (Olen‚ p. 88). In The Stranger‚ Meursault was held morally responsible for his actions by the verdict of the trial. On the other hand‚ I do not believe that Camus would agree with Rene Descartes would agree with each other’s view on metaphysics. Descartes explains that “I am distinct from my body‚ and can exist without it” (Descartes‚ p. 71). However‚ when it comes to Meursault‚ he is actually facing the reality of death. Plus‚ since he does not believe in an afterlife‚ once his life is
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