HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Solar System, Aristotelian Physics, Scientific Method

• School: UTSG
• Department: History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• Course: HPS100H1
• Professor: Hakob Barseghyan

Document Summary

What is intuitive about these elements: even these days, we accept a somewhat similar idea of the four states of matter, aristotle: the four terrestrial elements are characterized by sensible qualities. Dry: earth, air: transformability elements can transform to one another, ex. Water consists almost entirely of element water: heating of water changes its quality from cold to hot, and thus turns it into vapour, air, ex. Firewood: made predominantly from earth and water. In combustion, firewood turns into vapour (air) and fire: tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373)a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) possi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) of al(cid:272)he(cid:373)(cid:455) it is reasonable to search for eli(cid:454)irs a(cid:374)d philosopher"s sto(cid:374)es, ex. Predominant humor: blood sanguine, phlegm phlegmatic, black bile melancholic, yellow bile choleric, what does a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s te(cid:373)pera(cid:373)e(cid:374)t depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374), natal horoscope, ex. Cosmology: celestial region all celestial bodies are made of element aether, natural motion: aether tends to move in circles around the centre of the universe.