I. Aristotle’s Life & Work
II. Division of Science
a. Poeisis
b. Praxis
c. Theoria
III. Levels of Knowledge
IV. Metaphysics
V. Modes of Being
a. Analogical Nature of Being
b. Four Modes
i. Per Se/ Per Accidens
ii. Categories
iii. Truth & Falsity
iv. Potential & Actual
Aristotle lived in Macedonia [now part of Greece]
- Taught Alexander [becomes Alexander the Great]
- Obsessive listmaker and categorizer
Division of science
- Poeisis means production, making things
oCreation, the making of something
- Praxis- the goal is the action itself
oPolitics, acting wisely, ethics
- Theoria- highest level of human activity
oTHOUGHT
- Logic allows us to make decisions based on reason
Levels of Knowledge
- All men want, naturally, to know
- Senses are the lowest level of knowledge- gets data
- Empeiria- experience- collates data from senses
oCan’t be taught, builds on data
- Tekhne- technique- art [as in skill]
oAcquired skills
oNeeds senses and experience
- Sophia- wisdom
oHighest level of knowledge, beyond human reaches
Metaphysics is about 3 inter-related things
- Entities [things/ objects]
oNatural objects [plants, animals, people, rocks]
Something that contains, within itself, the principle of motion [change]
Natural objects change
oMathematic relations/ object
