Quiz #2

Question 1

Qua

Answer 1

being: study of metaphysics

Question 2

monism

Answer 2

one reality
- being

Question 3

pluralism

Answer 3

many

Question 4

metaphysics

Answer 4

being/existence
ultimate questions about what being/beings is

Question 5

pluralists

Answer 5

argue the many
- reality is not one, its many

Question 6

Types of causes

Answer 6

1. Efficient Cause: Agent by which something is
2. Material Cause: Stuff from which something is.
3. Formal Cause: form or essence into which something is.
4. Final Cause: purpose or goal for which something is.

Question 7

Parmenides

Answer 7

monist –> one reality
- being
wants to emphasize the oneness of all things

Question 8

Plato

Answer 8

Dualist - two types of reality: the reality of being & becoming
“The one and the many”
being = the good
beings = reality
theory of the forms: eternal forms/patterns that are the blueprint for all living things
*Universal

Question 9

Plotinus

Answer 9

emphasizes on the one, unity of being
- nature is to be
Emanation: flowing away and back to the one
*The beautiful

Question 10

Democritus

Answer 10

pluralist
- theory of atomism (bunch of atoms)
- becoming

Question 11

What would be the method of knowledge for metaphysics?

Answer 11

logic, rational consistency/arguments

Question 12

Aristotle

Answer 12

(student of Plato)
- being
- beings
- emphasizes particulars