80-150 The Nature of Reason
Summer Two 2001, Dirk Schlimm
Homework No. 7
Wednesday, July 11
Today's homework stands under the motto: Read the sources!
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Reading.
Read the handout. Excerpts from Plato's Meno, Aristotle's
Metaphysics and Physics.
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Meno (3
points)
- Give a short summary of Plato's argument for the theory of
recollection.
- What is the difference for Plato between `true opinions' and `knowledge'?
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Metaphysics (4
points)
- Describe the causes that Aristotle mentions in your own
words; give the examples that he mentions. Try to be as clear as possible.
- Which philosophers does Aristotle mention and what views does he
ascribe to them?
- (The following 3 questions refer to p.215)
How do mathematical objects differ from Forms and from
perceptible things, according to Plato?
- In what respect are the views of Plato similar to those of the
Pythagoreans?
- How does Plato's views differ from those of the Pythagoreans?
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Physics (3
points)
- This is the text that Aristotle refers to at the beginning of the
excerpt from the Metaphyics.
Again, describe the causes that Aristotle mentions in your own
words; give the examples that he mentions. Try to be as clear as possible.