AS Philosophy

AS Philosophy

1. Plato

   • Theory of Forms
     • The world we live in is a world of appearances
       • the real world is a world of ideas, the world of the forms.
         • truth
         • Justice
         • beauty
         • Good, the highest form. This is the source of all other forms
   • Analogy of the Cave
     • Cave = World of appearances, Shadows = imitations of the forms, Fire = imitation of the form of the good, Prisoners = us, Real world = The world of the forms Sun = the form of the good
   • Aristotle disagreed with Plato
     • 4 Causes which explain why something exists
       • Matireal = ingredients
       • Formal = the objects form
       • Efficient = for what purpose does it exist
       • Final = why it is the way it is
     • Prime Mover
       • The world is constantly in a state of motion and change
         • Something that causes the motion and change of the universe w/o being moved itself
           • Prime mover exists by neccesity
             • Is the final cause
               • is linked with GOD