Week 1 and 2 Study Questions Highlights Flashcards
Metaphysics, for our human knowledge and experience, allows us to _______________________________________________
make sense of the world around us, to aid in answering the essential questions we all ponder at our core
The two basic principles on which all metaphysics is based
- Principle of Noncontradiction
- Principle of Sufficient Reason
Notes on the Principle of Noncontradiction: it is _____, states that no real being can both _____________
static, be and not be at the same time and under the same aspect
Notes on the Principle of Sufficient Reason: it is _____ in which every being has the _________ either ___ or _______
dynamic, sufficient reason, in itself, in another
the Principle of Sufficient Reason is __________________ from the Principle of Noncontradiction
not reducible or deducible
__________ can be seen upon the narrowing of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (the
_______________ cannot).
The Principle of Causality; the Principle of Noncontradiction
a real being exists _____________
outside an idea
a mental being exists ______
within an idea
give an example of a real being
textbook
give an example of a mental being
dreams, abstractions, the past/future as such, mental constructs
what is the key criterion between a real being and a mental being?
action
“to be real is to ______” -Clarke
make a difference
In metaphysics, concepts understood analogously allows for the ___________-
range of simplicity and complexity in unity
Every being must be one (must possess __________), meaning that every being must be _______ and ____________
ontological unity, undivided in itself, divided from every other
intrinsic unity is unity ______________________
within the very being of a single real being
extrinsic unity is unity _______________
not within the very being of a single real being
give an example of intrinsic unity
a plant
give an example of extrinsic unity
a herd of cows or a year in time
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 ________________
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
What is left out in material reductionism
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
