PHILO-120 Lecture 3: Philo 120 (spring) - C3
28 Oct 2020
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The function of a thing (a kind of thing): 1) a characteristic activity of that kind. 2) that can go well or badly. (e. g. occupations, such as teachers - teach - well or badly) (e. g. artifacts, such as knife - cuts - well or badly) (e. g. animals, such as swallows - migrate - well or badly) (e. g. organs, such as heart - blood pumping - well or badly) (e. g. plants - nutrition and growth - well or badly) 1) for kinds of things that have a function, doing well = doing the function well. Pleasant life does not mean good life. People can be doing well as one thing and another not so well (e. g. as a teacher and as a person) 2) the characteristic activity of humans is rational activity of soul. Nutrition and growth - common to plants - not distinctive to human being - not our characteristic activity.
