RLG100Y1 Lecture 2: Sept 18th → Lecture 2.docx

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Magic = specific area of science, while others thought magic was expression of ignorance of real scientific knowledge: we know that religion and science are elements of a worldview, a function of our worldview, we try to understand the worldview of a different culture because we are trying to understand why people do what they do & think what they think, historians, we must try to understand worldview of cultures we are studying, understand worldview of past cultures because they are different cultures, subjects of our study are dead, we have no one to answer our questions, must pay attention to evidence we have i. e. writings from literate levels, pictorial representations, archeological remains, components of worldview (cid:224) language, symbol systems, ideas of causality, we have 2 ways of looking at causality (1) science (2) religion, systems of organization (cid:224) gender, class, age, techniques of knowledge (cid:224) types of training, intellectual training, techniques of social control (cid:224) legal system.

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