ST THOMAS - PPT 1 Flashcards
the habit that directs making or producing under the guidance of reason since the principle of creation is in craftsman alone
Techne/art
Practical wisdom that guides and directs our choices regarding things that are beneficial for the total life of man
Phronesis/prudence
Directs all sciences because it is where they derive their principles. The most perfect of all sciences
Sophia/wisdom
Aristotle says: wisdom belongs to the wise to draw conclusions from the first principles and declare the truth about the first principles.
True or false
True
The habit of first principles. Such principles are immediately grasped and unmediated by reason.
Accdg to Barachi this is the element of insight
Nous/understanding
Did st thomas equate science with empirical science
No because such sciene did not exist during his time
Is st thomas irrelevant to the discourse of modern science?
No. St thomas science encompasses empirical science.
Prefigured in his method of science and certitude in science
Proof of st thomas science
Object of speculation and level of abstraction
Distincion between science quia and science propyer quid
Is natural science sensible knowledge considering that its starting point is material singular and concrete reality?
No. Science is universal and necessary knowledge
What is science in st thomas
Science is a knowledge that is certain and evident through causes
Science is knowledge:
Knowledge as foundation and division of beings
Purpose
Kinds
Order
Possession of forms as immanent act
Certitude and other psychological traits
Evidence as characteristic of science
Mediate evidence as proper to science
Essential to human science.
The essence of science consists in this that from things known knowledge of things previously unknown is derived
Epistemological
Ideal or perfect science
That is science is more instructive or better able to teach which is concerned to a greater degree of causes
Ontological
How does the intellect grasp the nature of things?
Abstraction
Formal truth
