Aristotle metaphysics

[donthavetoargue]

Thanks, extremly useful to sum up and overview the essence of these main thoughts, especially at these late hours!

[theyasin33]

Theory of Forms can be refuted by one word, evolution ..

[Gunbardo]

Im still wondering, what is the sole existence of us human beings? Some say for survival and continuation, some say for experience what you may never experience if you hadnt exist. But what is the real purpose of our lifes?

[theyasin33]

@Gunbardo No ones knows, philosophy has tried to answer that question but failed .. No ones knows ..

[TheElisabethJ]

when you say plato is sounds like play dough. :) lol

[astrologue]

Excellent exposition!

[Eliminatrixxx]

Very useful video, cleared up a lot of confusion.

[k0smon]

Astronomy and astrology used to be the same thing.

[theyasin33]

@k0smon No, they are completely different things.

[k0smon]

@theyasin33 ::: Are you speaking of astronomy and astrology? Did you not notice the phrase "used to be"? They are not "completely different", since they both deal with movement of the heavenly bodies.

[theyasin33]

@k0smon Sry, I misread, didn't see "used to." 

[3leftsandaright]

TY for posting this!

[Alter3The3Young]

thank you

[isleofyew1]

No more Playdo 4 me, I move on to dialectic materialisme commi style.

[EclipseOfReason1984]

Thanks WMiller24 for uploading these very informative videos.

[EvoinOZ]

I forgot to mention: there is no 'thing-in-itself'.

[EvoinOZ]

Aristotle's ontology was rather a mess, in my view. But he did give us A=A, the basis for all philosophy, so I thank him for that.

Talking of a table's 'purpose' is nonsensical. Ironically, it seems, he didn't understand the power of 'identity' in regard to forms himself.

[mmjjddxoc6]

Thanks you soooooooooo much. Great video.

[Beniek1987Krakow]

"There is no form without matter, there is no matter without form"

=)

Why everyone philosophy teacher

is always giving an example with TABLE ?! In Poland, in Cracow, we have the same: "let`s talk about table..." :)

[pyongkwan]

Do you have a video on Aristotle's DeAnima?

[oxoheath]

You should consider an online philosophy class. I am in your ethics class and I really think people would be intersted in taking philosphy classes on line instead of being in class. These videos are really good.

[coreydmont]

How do you consider Plato and mystic, but concede he relies on mathematics? Aren't the two almost complete opposites?

[wmiller24]

Plato, and other philosophers before him (most notably, Pythagoras), had an extremely mystical view of numbers and of math. Think of the computer code in the virtual world of the Matrix (the movie). Neo's virtual world would be analogous to our visible world, i.e., not entirely real. The real world, for Plato, would be the computer code (the topos noetos). From Plato's perspective, if you could read the code (mathematics), you would be able to understand the nature of ultimate reality.

[EvoinOZ]

To me the computer code in The Matrix is a great analog for the 'neutral monist' concept. A wotrldview I'm toying with.

Interested in your thoughts on that, if any.

[Abandonedmachine]

@wmiller24 Exactly! Aristote's view on numbers wasn't mystical (I wouldn't really say that Plato's was either), but he considers numbers as really ontologically existing (like physical objects). They are just from a different matter then perceivable objects. (That's in Metaphysics book Eta)

[wmiller24]

I'm glad I can be of assistance.

[haakoan]

You are helping me pass my exam. Thanks!

[neblonski]

Thanks for the info!!!

[cuagulus]

Nice. It was good.