Microcosm
May 22nd, 2015, 08:30 PM
If you don't know about the theory of forms, here is a web page: Wikipedia Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms)
I was conversing with my brother today about the theory of forms, and he simply wrote it off as an "unfalsifiable" theory. What he meant by this, of course, was that if it is impossible to prove it wrong or correct then there is no point in indulging it and discussing it.
While there appears to be an obvious laziness factor involved here, the discussion boils down to whether philosophy can actually be used to know about the reality of things. Can we logically deduce what is good and bad to the point that it is a knowable objective truth?
Please feel free to provide an argument as to why you think this is or isn't possible and also discuss why you would or would not indulge the platonic theory of Forms.
I was conversing with my brother today about the theory of forms, and he simply wrote it off as an "unfalsifiable" theory. What he meant by this, of course, was that if it is impossible to prove it wrong or correct then there is no point in indulging it and discussing it.
While there appears to be an obvious laziness factor involved here, the discussion boils down to whether philosophy can actually be used to know about the reality of things. Can we logically deduce what is good and bad to the point that it is a knowable objective truth?
Please feel free to provide an argument as to why you think this is or isn't possible and also discuss why you would or would not indulge the platonic theory of Forms.