PHIL MISC - UNIT 1 —SOPHIA PRACTICE MILESTONE 1

PHIL MISC - UNIT 1 —SOPHIA PRACTICE MILESTONE 1/PHIL MISC - UNIT 1 —SOPHIA PRACTICE MILESTONE 1 Which statement about Aristotle’s metaphysics is FALSE? Aristotle believed that ontology — the kinds of things that exist, and how they exist — was the first philosophy. Truth is achievable through pure reason, independent of experience. In order for a statement to be true, we must grant three qualities: a universal entity, a universal quality, and a particular. Aristotle, unlike Plato, believed that the essence of a thing is located inside the thing, and does not exist independently. RATIONALE Aristotle was an empiricist who based his philosophy on his perceptions of the material world (i.e., on what he observed). He did not believe that truth can be found independent of experience.