Plato: the Analogy of the Cave
The Republic VII. 514A–521B
Candidates should be able to demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of what might be
represented in the Analogy of the Cave by the
following:
• the prisoners, the shadows, the cave itself, the
outside world, the sun, the journey out of the
cave and the return to the prisoners.
Candidates should be able to discuss critically
the validity of the points being made in this
analogy.
Plato: the concept of the Forms;
the Form of the Good
Candidates should understand what Plato meant
by ‘Forms’ and be able to demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of:
• the relation between concepts and
phenomena;
• the concept of ‘Ideals’;
• the relation between the Form of the Good
and the other Forms.
Candidates should be able to discuss critically
the validity of the above points.
Aristotle: ideas about cause and purpose in
relation to God
Metaphysics Book 12
Candidates should be able to demonstrate
knowledge and understanding of:
• Aristotle’s understanding of material, efficient,
formal and final cause;
• Aristotle’s concept of the Prime Mover.
Candidates should be able to discuss critically
the validity of the above points.
For AS Level Philosophy, however, again like my other uploads, it is useful for A2 Philosophy because understanding of Aristotle's concepts is crucial to be able to hold an argument in A2 essays so this is just a brief revision summary.
If you found this useful, please make sure to give it a like!
Thank you !!!
Plato's Theory of Forms, and the Sun, Line and Cavefalasfaz
Some powerpoint slides introducing students to an overall picture of Plato's philosophical position. Includes analogy with the Matrix to instigate thinking on appearance & reality plus graphical/video representations of the similes of the Sun, Line and Cave.
A summary of Boethius' seminal work, "The Consolation of Philosophy", with particular emphasis on Book 5 and the relationship
between God's foreknowledge and human freedom
For AS Level Philosophy, however, again like my other uploads, it is useful for A2 Philosophy because understanding of Aristotle's concepts is crucial to be able to hold an argument in A2 essays so this is just a brief revision summary.
If you found this useful, please make sure to give it a like!
Thank you !!!
Plato's Theory of Forms, and the Sun, Line and Cavefalasfaz
Some powerpoint slides introducing students to an overall picture of Plato's philosophical position. Includes analogy with the Matrix to instigate thinking on appearance & reality plus graphical/video representations of the similes of the Sun, Line and Cave.
A summary of Boethius' seminal work, "The Consolation of Philosophy", with particular emphasis on Book 5 and the relationship
between God's foreknowledge and human freedom
Put your Hands on the Plough: And Never Look BackPeter Anyebe
Given a paradigm shift in which there are four, 4 realms of existence that include spirit, soul, mind, and matter rather than the current one, 1 realm that includes only matter; the possibility of causal openness and closure become apparent.
Thus energy exists in all four, 4 realms, but in different forms, to describe an open system that allows the free movement of energy between the realms.
In the spirit it is an idea, in the mind it is objectivity, in matter it is procedure, and in the soul, power.
But the system is also closed, to the extent that it obeys reciprocity, continuity, and conservation, for maturity.
OCR AS Level Philosophy of Religion - G571
Topic = Plato
In my AS year, I thought I would upload my revision notes I made and see what happened.
Yes, I bombed. So I stopped
So now that I am in my A2 year, things are a lot more challenging so I thought I should give it another go.
What do you think?
It would be helpful if you left a comment and thank you !
Marks scheme ancient philosophical influencessociologistSic
Critically compare Plato's form of the good with Aristotle's prime mover
Mark scheme made by me around Summer 2022 - may have errors, always compare with info in textbook
Ancient philosophical influences, A level RE, made by me in summer 2022, example mark scheme/essay help. may contain errors - always compare with info in textbook. Critically compare Plato’s form of the good with Aristotle’s prime mover. (40) GO
I am Dr. John Fruncillo and I will be your professor for this on-.docxsusanschei
I am Dr. John Fruncillo and I will be your professor for this on-line course. Let's look at a brief overveiw of Philosophy's Fundamental Questions: The history of western philosophy spans over 2500 years and begins with the questions raised by the Presocratic philosophers. Among the fundamental questions formulated by the Presocratics are: 1) what is the foundation of reality-what is being? The problems of Metaphysics and Ontology 2) what is the nature of the soul?, 3) What can we know, the study of knowledge-epistemology 4) what is the good, what is the life of virtue, 4) what is beauty? Philosophy has been and still is, a search for the conditions for the possibility of experience and reality. In order to tackle this seemigly absract endveour, philosophy must be both historical and critical in its methods. We need to understand what the authors of the past have said so that we can gain a better understanding of where we are today. How did we go from anceint Greece to modern technological society? How do we justify any knowledge claims? What is the difference between opinion and knowledge or appearance and reality? What is the difference between good and evil? Each thinker will approach these questions in a different way depending on the historical context in which they lived. So, for example, Aristotle takes for granted the reality of physical motion (Kinesis) and attempts to explain how things change from one physical state to the next, birth, growth, death while the fundamental ground of reality for Aquinas is God's creative act of bringing all things into being ex-nihilo (out of nothing). As we will see, there is a tremendous ontological gulf between the Greek understanding of nature and time and the Christian understanding in the middle ages.Please don't become worried if my example seems too technical. I'm am only using the Greeks and Christians to illustrate a basic principle underlying the history of philosophy: that the ultimate conditions for what is taken as 'real' change with each historical time-frame. I’d like to describe the fundamental questions of philosophy in relationship to the basic fields of philosophy:a) Epistemology: the theory of knowledge, the standards for justifying knowledge claims, what is truth? What are the limits and sources of our knowledge? From theGrrek words- ‘Epistme’ and ‘logos’ = discourse about knowledge b) Metaphysics: fundamental questions about the nature of reality, is the universe finite or infinite? What is the foundation of reality? Is reality made up of one kind of substance or many? Composed of matter or spirit? Meta/physis = after physics, beyond the sensible world. Is the universe finite or infinite, does God exist, do we have a soul? c) Ethics: what is good? What is evil/wrong? What standards can we use to justify our asserting that certain actions are wrong and others are right? What rational arguments can we give to support a moral argument? These three fields of philosophy do not exhaus.
Put your Hands on the Plough: And Never Look BackPeter Anyebe
Given a paradigm shift in which there are four, 4 realms of existence that include spirit, soul, mind, and matter rather than the current one, 1 realm that includes only matter; the possibility of causal openness and closure become apparent.
Thus energy exists in all four, 4 realms, but in different forms, to describe an open system that allows the free movement of energy between the realms.
In the spirit it is an idea, in the mind it is objectivity, in matter it is procedure, and in the soul, power.
But the system is also closed, to the extent that it obeys reciprocity, continuity, and conservation, for maturity.
OCR AS Level Philosophy of Religion - G571
Topic = Plato
In my AS year, I thought I would upload my revision notes I made and see what happened.
Yes, I bombed. So I stopped
So now that I am in my A2 year, things are a lot more challenging so I thought I should give it another go.
What do you think?
It would be helpful if you left a comment and thank you !
Marks scheme ancient philosophical influencessociologistSic
Critically compare Plato's form of the good with Aristotle's prime mover
Mark scheme made by me around Summer 2022 - may have errors, always compare with info in textbook
Ancient philosophical influences, A level RE, made by me in summer 2022, example mark scheme/essay help. may contain errors - always compare with info in textbook. Critically compare Plato’s form of the good with Aristotle’s prime mover. (40) GO
I am Dr. John Fruncillo and I will be your professor for this on-.docxsusanschei
I am Dr. John Fruncillo and I will be your professor for this on-line course. Let's look at a brief overveiw of Philosophy's Fundamental Questions: The history of western philosophy spans over 2500 years and begins with the questions raised by the Presocratic philosophers. Among the fundamental questions formulated by the Presocratics are: 1) what is the foundation of reality-what is being? The problems of Metaphysics and Ontology 2) what is the nature of the soul?, 3) What can we know, the study of knowledge-epistemology 4) what is the good, what is the life of virtue, 4) what is beauty? Philosophy has been and still is, a search for the conditions for the possibility of experience and reality. In order to tackle this seemigly absract endveour, philosophy must be both historical and critical in its methods. We need to understand what the authors of the past have said so that we can gain a better understanding of where we are today. How did we go from anceint Greece to modern technological society? How do we justify any knowledge claims? What is the difference between opinion and knowledge or appearance and reality? What is the difference between good and evil? Each thinker will approach these questions in a different way depending on the historical context in which they lived. So, for example, Aristotle takes for granted the reality of physical motion (Kinesis) and attempts to explain how things change from one physical state to the next, birth, growth, death while the fundamental ground of reality for Aquinas is God's creative act of bringing all things into being ex-nihilo (out of nothing). As we will see, there is a tremendous ontological gulf between the Greek understanding of nature and time and the Christian understanding in the middle ages.Please don't become worried if my example seems too technical. I'm am only using the Greeks and Christians to illustrate a basic principle underlying the history of philosophy: that the ultimate conditions for what is taken as 'real' change with each historical time-frame. I’d like to describe the fundamental questions of philosophy in relationship to the basic fields of philosophy:a) Epistemology: the theory of knowledge, the standards for justifying knowledge claims, what is truth? What are the limits and sources of our knowledge? From theGrrek words- ‘Epistme’ and ‘logos’ = discourse about knowledge b) Metaphysics: fundamental questions about the nature of reality, is the universe finite or infinite? What is the foundation of reality? Is reality made up of one kind of substance or many? Composed of matter or spirit? Meta/physis = after physics, beyond the sensible world. Is the universe finite or infinite, does God exist, do we have a soul? c) Ethics: what is good? What is evil/wrong? What standards can we use to justify our asserting that certain actions are wrong and others are right? What rational arguments can we give to support a moral argument? These three fields of philosophy do not exhaus.
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This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
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An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
9. Meet Plato
• Plato, like Heraclitus, believed that
everything in this world changes.
• This lead Plato to conclude that there must be
a World where things are unchanging.
= World of Forms
Heraclitus:
“Can you step
in the same
river twice?”
13. • Everything we experience in this world is a vague shadow of
what it really is....
Real World perfect and eternal
World of Appearances
1. There are many types of beauty in
this world but they must all
conform or match the idea of what
beauty is. However there must be
an underlying idea of what beauty is
= Form of Beauty. For Plato this is
the true Form of a Beauty which
exists in the World of Forms.
2. Plato says that the particulars (e.g
a particular beautiful person) are
imperfect copies of the Forms.
3. The particulars share in, or
participate in the Form. Some
things participate to a greater or
lesser extent.
True Essence
of Beauty
14. 1. The World of Forms or the Noeton.
2. ‘Form’ = perfect expression of
something that never changes.
3. This world based on senses is the
Horaton (phenomena)
4. Sense Experience creates illusions
5. Humans believe these illusions = are
ignorant (Eikasia.)
Episteme/epistemology - true
knowledge of the Forms.
For Plato, this is via reason (a priori)
NOT sense experience.
Sense experience – empirical
knowledge
15. Ultimate Form
• Because there are so many Forms there must be a
Form of the Forms.
• Supreme Form = ‘Form of the Good.’
• The Form of the Good is the Form of all other
Forms. This is because everything has goodness in
it.
• Try describing beauty, justice, truth without
mentioning ‘goodness.’ (Plato most interested in
these ideas)
• All perfection flows down from the Form of the
Good.
• Source/ reason for all other Forms.
• Just as the sun in the allegory of the cave gives
light to the real world, so the Form of the Good
illuminates the other Forms.
• It enables our souls to ‘see’ the Forms.
• It is the ultimate end in itself: the aim of
everything is goodness.
16. • Knowledge of the Good is the highest knowledge a human is capable of.
• A philosopher can escape the world of appearances and with their mind (reason/ a
priori) see the Forms that lie behind the appearances.
= true leaders of society.
• We are born with a dim recollection of the Forms.
• Our immortal soul observes them before being reincarnated (Metempsychosis)
• In the physical body (ruled by senses) the memory is only dim
• Evidence: people know the basics of truth/ justice and beauty without being taught.
• We do not learn new things, instead education is a matter of remembering and recalling
the world of Forms.
• Anamnesis – the soul remembering the Forms back in a physical body.