APPEARANCE VS REALITY Flashcards
EX NIHILO NIHIL FIT
- out of nothing, nothing comes, so whatever exists must have a cause
monism
-reality is one
-there are no distinctions
pantheism
-god is the universe
-the world is divine
what is cordova’s metaphysic
-pantheistic monism: priority monism
-the one expresses itself in many ways
-there must be a cause to the world, something can’t come from nothing
interdependence
*INDIG view- connection between all things
* mutual dependence or one way
*creates ethical social obligations to everything else
-adjust behavior to harmonize w surroundings
pluralism
-relaity is fundamentally many
-no unity
-EX: a stakc of rock are just objects piled together
priority monism
-interdependedness (all related)
-Many things exist but only one thing exists fundamentally, everything is derived from the one
non-dualism
monism - everything is one, there are no parts
advaita vedanta
advainta is the oldest schoolof thought within vedanta
-non-dualistic
brahman
- the world and brahman are the same
*brahman is identical to atman - experience brahman through meditation
parmenides existence monism
- there are only things that exist
- we can’t think of what is not, only what is
opinion vs knowledge
platos epistemology
opinions are mutable, not backed up by reason
knowlegde- immutable, backed up by reasons
