Metaphysics

allegory of the caves suggests that there are two things that separate the physical from the metaphysics. What’s deemed physical for example is what we can touch what is sensible to us and able to live. The physical is the realm of becoming. On the other hand, what’s prescribed to be metaphysics is something that is beyond physics. Metaphysical is simply is something you cannot touch. The aspect of metaphysic is what helps influence the essence of what’s physical. With these two concepts, they…

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of existence also known as theories of forms. Plato as well as Aristotle have made wondrous advancements in the Art and logic in philosophy but they compete with recognition for the king of philosophy. There is really no way to know the truth or who is right but these two philosophers are still changing the world. Both philosophers demonstrate their works in all of philosophy but specifically for this example in metaphysics.…

scientists turn their nose up at primitive points of view, establishing their own views as the only opinion that can be correct, while the primitive fights to just be heard. Vine Deloria Jr. examines the differing views throughout his book, “The Metaphysics of Modern Existence”, and establishes that the primitive view is not to be discounted in our current day and age. It is through acceptance of both primitive and scientific that we will be able to fully understand our world and our place in…

Metaphysics closes itself to the simple essential fact that the human being essentially occurs in his essence only where he is claimed by being. Only from that claim ‘has’ he found that wherein his essence dwells. Only from this dwelling does he ‘have’ language as the home that preserves the ecstatic for his essence. Such standing in the clearing of being I call the ek-sistence of human beings. This way of being is proper only to the human being. Ek-sistence so understood is not only the ground…

complicated question. However, Immanuel Kant does his best interpretation of the question while arguing other philosopher’s points. Kant begins his explanation in Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics, which is a response to David Hume’s view of skepticism, and thus, attempting to convey and securely describe metaphysics. In the introduction of Kant’s Prolegomena, he outwardly states, “I openly…

1) What is Aristotle’s conception of the discipline of philosophy in Metaphysics, Bk. alpha? What is his strategy for addressing this issue? How does he proceed? What is his assessment of his predecessors? Explain. What is his reasoning? Is his assessment justified? Why or why not? In Metaphysics, Bk. Alpha, Aristotle’s conception of the disciple of philosophy is very interesting. He claims that there has been a movement from past beliefs and an entire new discipline of philosophy has…

Schleiermacher is adamant about introducing a new understanding of religion, based off the idea of religion being solely based on feeling rather than knowledge. He claims that religion may be grasped entirely by imagination and that much like metaphysics and morals, religion aims to determine the relationship between the universe, humanity and itself. Unlike Kant, Schleiermacher places a rather emotional as well as sensory importance on the image of religion. It is intuition as well as feeling…

In Metaphysics A, Aristotle explains that there are two forms of knowledge: ἡ μὲν ἐμπειρία τῶν καθ’ ἕκαστόν ἐστι γνῶσις ἡ δὲ τέχνη τῶν καθόλου, “experience is knowledge of individuals, art of universals”. Although he does state that experience is a form of knowledge, he goes on to argue that art, τέχνη, consists of a higher form of knowledge, as men of art have knowledge of the causes, and therefore the theory behind why something is the way it is. Moreover, he presents his theory that this…

This means that, metaphysics uses pure speculation as they try to understand various concepts and ideas in life. Some of the questions asked by individuals in this field include: what is time? What is in space? Do human beings have freedom of deciding their fate? Although metaphysics and epistemology have been two independent fields, they belong to the larger field of philosophy in that in order for…

Metaphysics and Epistemology deal with theories of reality and knowledge. Those two domains of philosophy exhibit a close relationship since our understanding of reality affects our perception of knowledge. Philosophy explores an unlimited array of ideas, including religion. In the field of religion, the nature and existence of a higher power (God) are explored as well as the immortality of the soul, miracles, and the comprehensibility of religious language as factual statements (Alexander, 2010…