Plato

             2. What are the Forms in Plato's metaphysics? Why does he think they are real? What is his view of the relationship between the objects in our sense experience and the Forms? How does the myth of the cave illustrate Plato's view of reality? Is Plato's theory plausible and why?
             When we speak of Plato's forms of metaphysics, we are speaking of his ideas of physical and nonphysical realities. The ideas that things are not always what we perceive them to be. For example, we may look at a drawing of a circle on a piece of paper and say it is a circle. But is it really a circle? Plato believes that what we are looking at is a representation of what a circle is supposed to look like. The circle on the piece of paper has imperfections and blotches of ink that make it a non-perfect circle. Plato feels that certain things can only be true in out mind. This is the idea of a nonphysical reality. The idea that we think certain things are real but literally they are not. They are just representations of things that can only really exist in our minds. Mathematical proofs are another example that Plato uses. We no that certain mathematical concepts are true in our mind but on paper they could never literally be true. A drawing that represents a shape,!
             is not really that shape. It is a image drawn on paper with ink that is imperfect. It is because of this that Plato believes that there are degrees of reality. These degrees are based on human perception. Our senses are what show us reality. These nonliteral ideas have to do with our senses. Our perception of things as they are presented to us. The fact that we look at a picture in a book and know that it is not an actual thing but a mere representation of what we are supposed to see.
             Another example that Plato uses is the idea of Justice. What that word means to us. The idea of justice is what Plato refers to as a Universal or a nonphysical reality. Justice ...

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