Metaphysics is the fundamental study of what is real. Basically, it is the study of all being. It’s purpose is to determine the meaning, purpose, and structure of the reality of things. It investigates how things actually are, versus how things occur. We as human believe that what we see to be real but, what metaphysics determines is what is not so obvious. We believe our senses to be real. For example, imagine yourself running late to class in Weyerhaeuser because the wind storm caused a mass of pine trees to fall to the ground. Suddenly you are hit on the head from a virgin pine cone and you begin to ask yourself, what caused this pine cone to fall? Did this really happen, or am I imagining it in my head? Metaphysics deals with a lot of ‘what
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Since he uses common sense to determine what is believed to be true this, this is flawed. Reason, which is an explanation of event or action is not the same as physically seeing. The relationship between two physical objects is discussed in Plato’s Theory of Form. He theorizes that any two similar objects share a common form, like a beautiful painting and a beautiful sculpture both share the form of beauty. The trouble with this theory is that it actually doesn't explain the similarity of the form at all. Since, we live in a world of imitation, where we are able to identify a beautiful work of art because in another life we had the concept of beauty. But where did this concept of beauty come from? The imitation of the form also resembles the form but it must also explain it in terms of another form. What type of form does a beautiful painting and beauty explain for there similarities? Thus, trying to explain the similarities between a form and its object will end up receding back to its original reality. For one would need a form to describe the relationship or similarity between a form and its object. However lapsed the theory of form was revealed, the abstract nature of its terms has survived through centuries of theological thinking and criticism. Yet, it’s still a popular and widely used belief to this day. His theory of reason and forms are adaptable and supportive of the basis for Christian belief. In Christian Theology and the theory of form both conclude external unchanging
Since he uses common sense to determine what is believed to be true this, this is flawed. Reason, which is an explanation of event or action is not the same as physically seeing. The relationship between two physical objects is discussed in Plato’s Theory of Form. He theorizes that any two similar objects share a common form, like a beautiful painting and a beautiful sculpture both share the form of beauty. The trouble with this theory is that it actually doesn't explain the similarity of the form at all. Since, we live in a world of imitation, where we are able to identify a beautiful work of art because in another life we had the concept of beauty. But where did this concept of beauty come from? The imitation of the form also resembles the form but it must also explain it in terms of another form. What type of form does a beautiful painting and beauty explain for there similarities? Thus, trying to explain the similarities between a form and its object will end up receding back to its original reality. For one would need a form to describe the relationship or similarity between a form and its object. However lapsed the theory of form was revealed, the abstract nature of its terms has survived through centuries of theological thinking and criticism. Yet, it’s still a popular and widely used belief to this day. His theory of reason and forms are adaptable and supportive of the basis for Christian belief. In Christian Theology and the theory of form both conclude external unchanging