Aristotle and Plato
Aristotle and Plato. Compare and contrast how Plato and Aristotle viewed the forms. Which philosopher presents a more accurate picture? What Plato’s view of the forms. How did he explain the relationship of the physical world to the world of the forms? How did he think that we get true knowledge? How does he try to demonstrate this in the Meno? In what ways did Aristotle agree with Plato? How did Aristotle criticize Plato’s views (Explain at least one of the criticisms we considered). What did Aristotle think that it took to know about objects and things in nature? What are Aristotle’s four causes, and how do we determine the four causes of an object? Give examples or arguments to support your answer.
[Someone who reads this should learn the basics of Plato’s view of the world and the forms, and how we come to have knowledge. They should also learn how Aristotle agreed and disagreed with Plato, and the alternatives he proposed. Finally, they should get your opinion on which of these explanations about how we get knowledge makes more sense, or if neither of them do. You will need to fully answer the questions above. You should be drawing on Plato’s Meno, Aristotle’s Physics, and/or Aristotle’s Metaphysics]
