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Truth is: This that are real must hold some truth. The empirical world is real. MC: The empirical world must hold some truth.
Aristotle refused to believe that true knowledge does not believe in the empirical (sense) world.
Knowledge is.
The realisation that the empirical world runs on the laws of cause and effect. True knowledge is understanding/exploring/ predicting the series of cause and effect. Cause and effect: every event is dependent on (caused by) a preceding event. All events will in turn perpetuate (put into effect) another event. Aristotle argued, based on his empirical observation, that nothing can cause itself or come from nothing.
Purpose= essence
Purpose: Aristotle believed that the essence of an object was not its form or substance but its purpose. He suggested that the best way of explaining an object was through describing its purpose (telos) rather than describing its substance or form. When something achieves its purpose it has achieved goodness. Purpose is intrinsic not instrumental. Aristotle believed all things have a purpose. Value: instrumental: things are of value based on what we can use them for. Intrinsic: things are of value based on themselves and nothing else. I.E What they are born with or made for.
Creative Task
You have been given one key theme to discuss the similarities and differences between Plato and Aristotle. You now have to write a Childrens story that explains this theme in a simple but symbolic way. You need to have at least five pages/slides and pictures. And you will need to do a critical analysis explaining your work.