Plato and Aristotle

Question 1

Hericlitus

Answer 1

the world is in a constant state of flux
‘you cannot step into the same river twice’
you cannot gain knowledge empirically as everything is always changing

Question 2

17th century scientist

Francis bacon

Answer 2

criticises aristotle’s telos
aristotle’s telos is not empirical as it is a divine matter

Question 3

McGrath

Answer 3

Points out that modern Christian philosophers such as Swinburne and Polkinghorne have explained that science can explain the what but not the how

Question 4

Dawkins

Answer 4

‘what is the colour of jelousy’
just becuase you can ask the question does not mean that an aswer exists

Question 5

Satre

Answer 5

people fear freedom of having to make their own purpose
humans cling on to fabricated notionos such as aquinas four causes to prevent the extenetial angst of not having a purpose or having to create your own purpose

Question 6

Plato

Answer 6

world of appearances and world of forms
everything we perecieve is a flawed particular of a perfect form
heirarchy of the forms with the form of the good being the top - the sun
allegory of the cave

Question 7

Aristotle

Answer 7

we gain knowledge empirically
4 causes
material, efficient, formal and final
formal cause of the universe is prime mover
the soul is the formal cause of the human body