PHIL 31 Study Guide - Final Guide: Substance Theory, Eleatics, Man Man
6 Apr 2016
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Empedocles explains the natures of perception and thought. Empedocles holds that perception is based on the principle of attraction between. Empedocles" account of thought resembles that of perception: believed perception and thought to be almost intrinsically linked, all things are harmonized and compacted, and by these they think and feel pleasure and pain . Despite the fact that these phenomena occur as a result of mental processes and how our minds sort out information, perception and thought, according to. Empedocles, seem to be physical as they involve the material interaction of particles, much like modern theories of perception which are based upon empirical evidence. Parmenides argues that there can be neither generation nor destruction. Assess the philosophical costs and benefits of the three views, and indicate which view is to be preferred and why. Challenge for post-parmenidean philosophers was to come up with correct account of nature while respecting parmenides" claim.
