FOUR METAPHYSICAL THESIS Flashcards
this is for us to have positionality and to simplify that positionality
philosophical labels
unitaryness/ultimateness
metaphysical absolutism/monism
there is only one AT; reality is undivided; reality is not affected by diversity
metaphysical absolutism/monism
“Truth is truth in all possible worlds”
Friedrich Wilhelm Leibniz
proofs of metaphysical absolutism/monism
- metaphysical proof
- mathematical proof
- scientific proof
the external world aren’t affected by our description of it
metaphysical proof
exacting and exact
mathematical proof
normative/static understanding of the cosmos
scientific proof
examples of scientific proof
schrodinger’s car or atomic level/naked eye analysis or Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
examples of mathematical proof
geometric truths
critiques absolutism as tunnel vision
metaphysical pluralism
contextualized truths
metaphysical pluralism
two schools of thought within pluralism
- anthropological relativism/sociocultural relativism
- metaphysical constructivism
society has its own set of truths that fit their contextualized situation
anthropological relativism/sociocultural relativism
falsity happens when
we impose our own truths or we judge them using our own truth
examples of anthropological relativism/sociocultural relativism
the polygamy of the muslims, suttee of india, and female circumcision
this is the practice in india where they burn the widow along with the dead husband
suttee
canonized truths/paradigm specific
- geographical peculiarity
- exigencies
relative truths of culture
ethnical relativism
examples of psychological constructivism
gestalt psychology, magical thinking, coping mechanism, placebo effect, Rorschach inkblot
Kantian Division of Metaphysical Cosmos
Noumenon/Noumenal World and Phenomenon/Phenomenal World
the virtual world between noumenon and phenomenon
paradigmatic world
parable of the peeled onion
we lose the truth by searching for it
when our attitude changes, the world changes, our life also changes
paradigm shift
