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This assignment is in parts. Do answer each part carefully with each part having minimum of two hundred words. Your answers should be sequential and your references at the end of each part

Part 1

Discuss the following matters as related to the issue of Metaphysics:

1. What is Metaphysical Idealism?

2. What is Metaphysical Realism?

3. How is the study of ontology related to the study of Metaphysics?

4. Explain the metaphysical perspective of Existentialism?

5. What would a metaphysical Idealist believe about the relationship of the body/soul?

6. What would a metaphysical Realist believe about the relationship of the body/soul?

7. Would you consider yourself to be a metaphysical idealist, metaphysical realist, or would you endorse an existentialist metaphysic? Explain your answer why you endorse your perspective.


Part 2

Discuss the following matters as related to the issue of Metaphysics:

1. Compare and contrast the logos/mythos worldviews, demonstrating the difference between the two with regard, for instance, to the issue of evolution.

2. What is metaphysics and what is the origin of the term "metaphysics"?

3. Explain the Platonic metaphysical perspective and how is it demonstrated in Plato's allegory of the cave?

4. Explain Aristotle's metaphysical perspective, why is it designated as metaphysical realism and how is it different from the Platonic metaphysical perspective?


Descartes, Discourse on Method: Parts 3, 4, 5, 6

http://www.classicallibrary.org/descartes/discourse/index.htm (Links to an external site.)

 

Plato: Phaedo: Immortality of the Soul

http://www.classicallibrary.org/plato/dialogues/14_phaedo.htm (Links to an external site.)

 

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Articles:

http://www.iep.utm.edu/kantmeta/