Philosphy Of Religion

Question 1

what is rationalism?

Answer 1

knowledge is gained my reason

Question 2

What is empiricism?

Answer 2

knowledge gained through senses

Question 3

what is revelation?

Answer 3

knowledge is revealed through encounter with god

Question 4

what is contingent?

Answer 4

depend on things

Question 5

what is subjective?

Answer 5

perspective held by one person

Question 6

what is particular?

Answer 6

object in the material world is reflected

Question 7

what is actuality and potentiality?

Answer 7

if it is actually something and if it has potential to be more

Question 8

what is theory of the forms?

Answer 8

eternal and real idea e.g. beauty

Question 9

what is the form of the good?

Answer 9

highest/ultimate form

Question 10

what is concept/ideal?

Answer 10

the form of the object e.g. its beauty

Question 11

what is particular/phenomena?

Answer 11

actual instance of eg a cat in material world reflects the form of the cat

Question 12

what is the material cause?

Answer 12

what something is made of

Question 13

what is the efficient cause?

Answer 13

what makes the object

Question 14

what is the formal cause?

Answer 14

form of the object

Question 15

what is the final cause?

Answer 15

the telos/purpose

Question 16

what is the prime mover?

Answer 16

source of all movement

Question 17

what is telos?

Answer 17

purpose

Question 18

what is transcendent?

Answer 18

separate

Question 19

what is immutable?

Answer 19

un-changing

Question 20

what is motus?

Answer 20

change or motion

Question 21

what is epistemology?

Answer 21

study of knowledge

Question 22

what is pure actuality?

Answer 22

perfect

Question 23

what is objective?

Answer 23

perspective held by everybody

Question 24

what is matter?

Answer 24

substance it’s made from

Question 25

What did Aristotle say?

Answer 25

‘there is nothing in the mind except what was first in the senses’

Question 26

who was the greatest of Plato’s pupils?

Answer 26

Aristotle

Question 27

was Aristotle a rationalist or empiricist?

Answer 27

empiricist

Question 28

who came up with the theory of the prime mover?

Answer 28

Aristotle

Question 29

what are the characteristics of the prime mover?

Answer 29

• Thinking of itself
• Pure actuality
• Eternal
• Draws attention to itself

Question 30

3 Strengths or Aristotle

Answer 30

• 4 causes make logical sense
• it is based on sense experience which can be tested
• everything does have a purpose

Question 31

3 weaknesses of Aristotle

Answer 31

• having a purpose is a mental process
• prime mover cannot be tested
• something’s don’t have a purpose

Question 32

was Plato an empiricist or rationalist?

Answer 32

rationalist

Question 33

what did Plato say?

Answer 33

‘there must be another eternal,perfect and unchanging’

Question 34

what are the 2 worlds?

Answer 34

world of appearance

world of the forms

Question 35

what is the world of appearance?

Answer 35

the material world-where we are

Question 36

what is the world of the forms?

Answer 36

reality concept/form- this is the real world

Question 37

what is a priori?

Answer 37

you are born with knowledge and you remember it through your lifetime and through experiences

Question 38

what is a posteriori?

Answer 38

knowledge through experience and senses

Question 39

what are the 4 elements of the form of the good?

Answer 39

justice
beauty
truth
equality

Question 40

what is the analogy used to consider the world of the forms?

Answer 40

analogy of the cave

Question 41

is Plato a priori or a posteriori

Answer 41

a priori

Question 42

3 weaknesses of Plato

Answer 42

• no empirical evidence
• what if we are in the world of the forms?
• we might not all see the form of the good in the same way

Question 43

3 strengths of Plato

Answer 43

• helps us to understand imperfections in the world
• senses can be deceiving
• explains continuous change