Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    If truth just is undividedness from a formal cause, then ... — Carmelics
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Challenges→The concept of truth is the concept of being that is undivided from a formal cause.

    If truth just is undividedness from a formal cause, then artifacts and biological monstrosities lacking full form would be straightforwardly false, not merely imperfect — an absurd result.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.

    No one has weighed in yet. Be the first to share reasons for or against this statement.

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Key Terms

    Truth(Horkheimer's critical theory epistemology)
    The relation of propositions to reality, where both human conceptual activity and an independent reality are given equal weight.
    artifacts(as used in philosophy of mind and epistemology)
    Objects that are made or designed by humans, like tools, furniture, or art—things that have a purpose someone intended them to have.
    biological monstrosities(as used in metaphysical discussions about nature and form)
    Organisms that are severely deformed or lack the typical structure and functions of their species, like animals born with missing or malformed body parts.
    formal cause(Used to derive the transcendental concept of truth from the concept of being.)
    The cause in virtue of which matter is enformed and a thing becomes what it is.

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Explore a random proposition
    Start fresh with something unrelated.
    full form(as used in Aristotelian philosophy)
    In Aristotelian thought, the complete and proper structure that a thing should have to be a fully realized example of its kind.
    imperfect(as used in metaphysical discussions about degrees of reality)
    Not complete or ideal; lacking some quality, function, or characteristic that a thing should have.
    undividedness(as used in formal philosophy)
    The quality of being whole, complete, and not split into separate parts; in this context, it means something that perfectly matches its essential nature without gaps or divisions.

    Connections

    2 topics

    Proof of definition segments1 linkedTruth & Knowledge1 linked

    Related

    The concept of truth is the concept of being that is undivided from a formal cau...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    0 (0 for, 0 against)
    Edits
    1 edit

    Open for perspectives

    This idea is waiting for its first supporting or challenging perspective.

    Share the first perspective