AS: Philiosophy: Philosophy of Religion: Plato + the Forms
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- Plato + The Forms
- Background Information
- Influenced by Socrates who believed that to be moral you have to have true knowledge
- To know what is right, is to do what is right
- Plato was trying to solve the problem that the world is constantly changing
- Believes that gaining knowledge through the senses is flawed as the world is changing
- Plato was trying to solve the problem that the world is constantly changing
- Shown in Dialogue: Meno
- Socrates gives slave boy a mathematical problem and solves it despite him never learning maths
- Plato believes the boy "remembers" the answer
- Plato believes we do not learn new things: we remember them
- Innate knowledge
- Plato believes we do not learn new things: we remember them
- Plato believes the boy "remembers" the answer
- Socrates gives slave boy a mathematical problem and solves it despite him never learning maths
- Influenced by Socrates who believed that to be moral you have to have true knowledge
- Plato's dualistic view
- Body and soul exist separately from each other however are linked in some way
- The soul has always existed
- Two types of beings
- Material
- Realm of Appearances
- Our world
- Imperfect
- Visible
- Senses
- Opinions
- Decaying + changing
- Realm of Appearances
- Spiritual
- Realm of Reality
- World of souls
- Perfect concepts
- Intelligible
- Beyond senses
- True knowledge
- Eternal + unchanging
- Realm of Reality
- Material
- Realm of Reality
- World of souls
- Perfect concepts
- Intelligible
- Beyond senses
- True knowledge
- Eternal + unchanging
- Realm of Appearances
- Our world
- Imperfect
- Visible
- Senses
- Opinions
- Decaying + changing
- Body and soul exist separately from each other however are linked in some way
- Concept of the Forms
- Plato said we have concept of what something like beauty because we have an innate knowledge
- We "remember" the form of beauty imperfect and reflected in things like flowers
- We "remember" the forms in our souls as they are immortal and enternal
- We "remember" the form of beauty imperfect and reflected in things like flowers
- When we refer to something like a dog we are referring to a particular quality or essence that it has
- In the world of the forms there is an ideal dog
- The dogs in our world are poor reflections of the ideal dog
- In the world of the forms there is an ideal dog
- The Form of Good
- Form of Good " illuminates" and is the source of the other Forms
- All forms have aspects of "goodness"
- Plato said the Form of Good is the greatest thing we have to learn
- Our knowledge of the Form of the Good is an end in itself as it gives meaning and purpose to life
- Form of Good " illuminates" and is the source of the other Forms
- Evalution
- Infinate regress
- Can't be empirically prooved
- What is the link between the world of apperances and world of Forms?
- Plato said we have concept of what something like beauty because we have an innate knowledge
- Background Information
- Spiritual
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