Reply To Aristotle's Rationale

Reply to Objection 1: Parmenides, your notion of being is too strong. When it comes to the definition of being you provided, the idea that being cannot change is incorrect. Being can change while remaining the same, so the notion of something coming to be or passing away with change, would be incorrect, as I have stated in my response and given examples. Through potential and matter, nothing is coming to be or passing away, because it is still the same substance throughout. The form of the substance always had the potential to become the change, so nothing is coming to be and the substance is not passing away, but rather staying the same. Rationale: The rationale for this response comes mainly from the response and how Parker describes Aristotle’s …show more content…
The main rationale comes from the previous rationales to both the response and reply to objection 1.
Reply to Objection 3: Through knowledge and reason, I have been able to account for the problem and change and change is real. Changes are occurring every day and are visible, so through logic and reason I have solved the problem. I am able to know and declare that change is real and it is possible that things can change and still remain the same. This knowledge was not gained through senses or experiences and can be accounted for by the way of reason and truth. Through knowledge, I am able to show how things can change, without breaking the main characteristics of what being is. Rationale: Aristotle came up with a solution for how to explain the problem with change through using reason and knowledge. He does not use the idea of senses or experiences in order to account for the change, therefore Parmenides way of seeming is incorrect in the way that it says change is false. Kenny and Parker both discuss how Aristotle is able to solve the problem Parmenides set up with being and how through reason Aristotle created a