Unit 3 Philosophy review: Metaphysics

Quantitative (Quantitatively)

Related to numbers or amounts; focuses on measurable data.

Qualitative (Qualitatively)

Related to qualities, characteristics, or descriptions; focuses on subjective data.

To Synthesize

To combine different ideas or pieces of information into a coherent whole.

To Analyze

To examine something in detail to understand it better.

To Integrate

To combine or unify different parts into a whole.

Disintegration

The process of breaking apart or falling into pieces.

Intelligible

Clear and easy to understand.

Rational

Based on reason, logic, or sound judgment.

Irrational

Not based on logic or reason; unreasonable.

Antidote

A remedy that counteracts a poison or negative effect.

Anecdote

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Superfluous

Unnecessary or excessive; more than what is needed.

To Excise

To cut out or remove something, especially surgically or editorially.

Egregious

Extremely bad or shocking; outrageously offensive.

Substantive

Having real importance, significance, or meaningful content.

Deification

The act of treating or worshipping someone or something as divine or god-like.

To Discern

To recognize, detect, or distinguish something with careful perception.

Veneer

A thin decorative covering of fine material; a superficial or deceptive outward appearance.

Facade

The front face of a building; a deceptive outward appearance.

Principle of Non-Contradiction (PNC)

The static intelligibility of being; a key principle in metaphysics.

Principle of Causality (PC)

Nothing is reduced from potentiality to actuality expect by something else in act.

Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR)

For anything that is, there must be a sufficient reason for why it is.

Intrinsic Unity

A unity within the very being of a single real being.

Extrinsic Unity

A unity not within a single real being, but among distinct real beings.

Materialist Reductionism

The doctrine that all higher levels of being are really complex collections of lower levels.

Substance

A fundamental entity that exists independently.

Accident

Features that exist in a substance and depend on a substance to exist.

Material Cause

The material out of which something is made.

Formal Cause

The form or essence of what made it.

Efficient Cause

The agent or process that brings something into being.

Final Cause

The purpose or reason for which something is made.

Ipsum Esse Subsistens

God as the very act of existence itself.

Unity of Being

The concept that being is fundamentally one and indivisible, expressed in various forms.

The Ten Categories (Aristotle)

Aristotle's classification that describes ways in which a substance can be categorized, including substances, quantities, qualities, relations, and more.

The Four Causes (Aristotle)

Aristotle's framework explaining causes of change: material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, and final cause.

Being as Many (Clarke)

The idea that while being is unified, it can manifest in a multitude of forms and existences.