Metaphysics

Question 1 In the story, The Allegory of the Cave, Plato uses the three prisoners to distinguish between genuine knowledge and right opinion. He uses psychological, epistemological, and metaphysical thoughts to prove it. In The Cave, there are three prisoners tied up and they can only look at the wall in front of them. In that cave, there is a light source behind them producing shadows that appear on that wall. The three play a game; the goal was to guess which shadow will appear next…

world perish.” In the late eighteenth century, Immanuel Kant emerged as one of the leading philosophers of his time and focused on deontological ethics, which focused on the morality of actions. Kant developed his work entitled, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, in which he gives a clear understanding of moral principles. In this work, he developed the categorical imperative, which is suppose to provide a way for us to make moral judgements. Kant clearly explains the definitions of good,…

While differing from the dogmatic form of metaphysics, Kant 's metaphysics still presupposes conditions of possibility for phenomena that do not phenomenologically arise. Rather than being seen as existing before experience, Kant sees this metaphysics as transcendentally deduced from experience. The main example is the transcendental subject, who can be deduced as the condition of possibility that…

Critical assessment of conflicts between the theories of Meinong and Lewis By Stuart Mercer Word Count Here I will discuss the differences and similarities for two philosophical theories. One is Meinong’s Object theory which was created by one of the most influential thinkers at the beginning of the 20th century, by an Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong. His best known conception deals with among other things, with objects that do not exist. This belief is a part of Meinong…

Metaphysics is concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world. Cosmology and ontology are the two traditional branches of metaphysics. Cosmology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the universe at large, as well as the natural laws that keep it in order. Ontology is the investigation into what types of things there are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. Ontology deals with questions concerning what…

Metaphysics - What is reality/truth? The reality and truth concerning Reconstructionism is the need for a need social order or social reform. Epistemology - Is it possible to know reality/truth? If so, how? It is possible for Reconstructionism to develop a society of problem solvers and critical thinkers. Axiology - What values should be developed in education? It is important for learning to take place outside the classroom walls. This is where students can experience the real world.…

objects, or subject to the normal working of the laws of nature. On the other side, it means the major properties and origin of individual things. Nature has been discussed in the history of Western Civilization, in the philosophical fields of metaphysics and epistemology, also in theology…

In his Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes offers both an a priori and an a posteriori proof of God’s existence. Until Immanuel Kant introduced his epistemology—the notion of a priori synthetic judgments—Descartes’ a priori proof was generally considered purely demonstrative and analytic. However, analyzing Descartes using Kant’s epistemological foundations, reveals that Descartes’ a priori proof was both a priori and synthetic. Specifically, the Cartesian concept of clear and…

The Philosophy of Christian Education Philosophy and Education Philosophy is an academic discipline that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge, life, morality and human nature. 1 Philosophy may be viewed as a roadblock or as a tool in learning what our human purpose is. In Colossians 2:8, NIV, Paul states, “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and…

Commentary on the Encyclical of His Holiness Saint John Paul II, Fides et Ratio One of men's abilities is to want to know more, to know where they come from. In this act we can see throughout history the different philosophical currents have been asking all over the world asking men's origin. Philosophy has been the science that comes close to finding where we come from and the meaning of our lives. Not only in today's world but over the time that the church has existed since Christ founded it,…