Week 1 and 2 Study Questions Highlights

Question 1

Metaphysics, for our human knowledge and experience, allows us to _______________________________________________

Answer 1

make sense of the world around us, to aid in answering the essential questions we all ponder at our core

Question 2

The two basic principles on which all metaphysics is based

Answer 2

1. Principle of Noncontradiction
2. Principle of Sufficient Reason

Question 3

Notes on the Principle of Noncontradiction: it is _____, states that no real being can both _____________

Answer 3

static, be and not be at the same time and under the same aspect

Question 4

Notes on the Principle of Sufficient Reason: it is _____ in which every being has the _________ either ___ or _______

Answer 4

dynamic, sufficient reason, in itself, in another

Question 5

the Principle of Sufficient Reason is __________________ from the Principle of Noncontradiction

Answer 5

not reducible or deducible

Question 6

__________ can be seen upon the narrowing of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (the
_______________ cannot).

Answer 6

The Principle of Causality; the Principle of Noncontradiction

Question 7

a real being exists _____________

Answer 7

outside an idea

Question 8

a mental being exists ______

Answer 8

within an idea

Question 9

give an example of a real being

Answer 9

textbook

Question 10

give an example of a mental being

Answer 10

dreams, abstractions, the past/future as such, mental constructs

Question 11

what is the key criterion between a real being and a mental being?

Answer 11

action

Question 12

“to be real is to ______” -Clarke

Answer 12

make a difference

Question 13

In metaphysics, concepts understood analogously allows for the ___________-

Answer 13

range of simplicity and complexity in unity

Question 14

Every being must be one (must possess __________), meaning that every being must be _______ and ____________

Answer 14

ontological unity, undivided in itself, divided from every other

Question 15

intrinsic unity is unity ______________________

Answer 15

within the very being of a single real being

Question 16

extrinsic unity is unity _______________

Answer 16

not within the very being of a single real being

Question 17

give an example of intrinsic unity

Answer 17

a plant

Question 18

give an example of extrinsic unity

Answer 18

a herd of cows or a year in time

Question 19

what is the principle to distinguish extrinsic and intrinsic unity? whether the ____we are trying to understand manifests by its action that it acts as a ________________

Answer 19

whether the DATUM we are trying to understand manifests by its action that it acts as a UNIT, FROM A SINGLE CONTROLLING CENTER OF ACTION

Question 20

What is left out in material reductionism

Answer 20

the new whole that is greater than the sum of its part is neglected. This is seen in nature and material reductionism does not account for it