Class 01
lecture 1
lecture 3
Assignment 01
Questions
Class 03
1 last class
every physical effect will have a physical cause.
substance/content with form
universals and particulars
how ideas/universals are more economical for learning/teaching etc.
2 nature of universals
what are the relations between universals?
which universals are more important than others?
universals/forms/concepts/types/idea abstractions
contrasting terms: particulars/concrete/tokens/
2.1 examples
gravitation; evolution; living; non-living; animals; furniture; cup; tea; coffee; food;
saving proper nouns, every term we use is generally taken to be a concept.
2.1.1 conecpts that are more inclusive
the concept "living" is more inclusive than the concept "animal"
2.1.2 genus and species
highly differentiated concepts are species
more generic concepts with high inclusion are called genera
2.1.3 taxonomy
knowledge organization
trees
2.1.4 inference
- All men are mortal.
- Socrates is a man.
- Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
2.1.5 if you know about highly differentiated concepts, you know more about the world.
if you know about the most general concept, you know more about the world
2.2 what is the relation between univerals and particulars
| particulars | instance of | universals |
| many | one | |
| concrete | belong to | abstract |
2.3 what is the relation between universals
inclusion/type of/
2.4 some other examples
big/small
more/less
black/white
oppositions
2.5 relative and absolute
Date: 2009-10-20 11:33:43 IST
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