Revision For Year 12 EOY

Question 1

What is the Form of the Good?

Answer 1

It’s the purest, most abstract of all the Forms - furthest away from the physical world.

True knowledge is knowledge of the Form of the Good.

Question 2

What do we need to see the Forms in the Realm of the Forms?

Answer 2

Our intellect (the ‘mind’s eye’) to appreciate the Forms

The Form of the Good to illuminate our understanding

Question 3

Give 3 examples of the higher forms

Answer 3

Truth
Beauty
Justice

Question 4

Advantages of Aristotle’s empiricism

Answer 4

Aristotle’s empirical approach to knowledge is far more relatable and applicable to life than Plato’s because it relies on the senses, observation and experience.

Aristotle’s method is also scientific in that he experiences the world, observes it, makes a hypothesis of how things work, tests it and revises it. This is how scientific progress is made.

Other reasons may be weaknesses of Plato’s approach.

Question 5

What determines the goodness of an object according to Aristotle?

Answer 5

If it fulfils its purpose, then it is good.