Metaphysics

Metaphysics

1. Why Philosophy?

   • Nihilism
     • What is Metaphysics?
       • The Place of Metaphysics
         • The Meaning of Being
           • The Divisions of Being
             • Univocity, Equivocity, & Analogy
               • Being as Transcendental
                 • Modes of Predication
               • Analogy of Being
                 • Is being predicated univocally
                   • Is being predicated equivocally?
                     • Is being predicated analogy?
             • What kind of beings are there?
               • What critierion for determining the difference?
                 • Understanding of Being Helps us to reveal the nature of things
           • The parts of defintion of being
             • What does being mean?
             • How does one discover being?
         • What is the object and subject?
           • What is the method?
             • Intellect towards truth
       • Goal of philosophy/metaphysics
         • How does metaphysics fit w/ other branches of knowledge
     • Nihilism vs. Realism
       • What are the consequences?
   • What it means to take liberal arts seriously
     • Why college?
       • Interested in philosophy?