A. The world(reality) must be either one thing or many things.
B. If the world were many things, there would be no unity in the world ( i.e., no "world").
C. But B is impossible.
D. Therefore, the world must be one thing.
2007-09-08 08:48:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
please explain why or why not
2007-09-08 08:56:15 · update #1
I disagree with A. Just about everything is both one and many. You and I are both singular and, at the same time, made up of millions of atoms. There is no exclusivity in numbers.
2007-09-08 08:58:26 · answer #1 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No,
A) Why MUST the WORLD either be one or many? Why can't the world be irrational. In that case it can be neither one or many, or both one and many at the same time?
B) Why if there are many things they can't be unified. American is many states, but it is unified.
C) Why is UNITY a qualifier for BEING. America is not United but it still IS?
D) Can use the opposite premises to prove the world must many things.
Please Read Plato's Parmenides.
There are 2 famous pre-socratic philosophers that addressed
this as well. Heraclitus, and Parmenides.
2007-09-08 16:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by Babyshambles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not understand (B.)
Why would there be no unity if the world was many "things".
Aside from that, why is "things" so generalized. Logic has more sense than that.
2007-09-08 17:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jewish FiLiPiNo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many parts can come together to make up a whole. It's a false assumption to think that something must be either one thing or many things.
2007-09-08 17:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by knowalotlearnalot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a false dichotomy with simplistic conclusions. If it were many things, that doesn't mean there is no connection between them. Look at your body. There are billions of separate living things (bacteria for instance) that make your work properly. There is still a "human" that is you that is alive and digesting and thinking.
2007-09-08 16:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The world is one thing, not because of philosophical debate but rather by simple observation and definition.
a: well - the world could be "nothing" as well.
b: false - you can have many things and still have unity (think "rain" and "raindrops"- this is especially true if you separate aspects of a thing as their own unique thing "color" and "texture".
c: false
d: duh
2007-09-08 15:54:40 · answer #6 · answered by wigginsray 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can you tell the difference between your mouse and your hand?
If you can, then the world is not one thing.
2007-09-08 15:58:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO. The world can also be "no" thing.
2007-09-08 15:59:52 · answer #8 · answered by naniannie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. Nothing like good-old logic
2007-09-08 15:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by gatesofgold 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's really annoying when people use this forum to get answers to their homework!
2007-09-08 16:39:18 · answer #10 · answered by Rainbow Connection 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋