DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Catastrophism, Gradualism, Uniformitarianism
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Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. Nothing in psychology makes sense except in the light of evolution. : the origin of knowledge: nature nurture. Plantonian rationalism (nature and nurture battle between plato and socrates) Plato believed that souls do not die, exist forever and move from body to body. Learning; remembering the knowledge of the soul (what you already know: the great chain of being (aristotle) Nature is ordered; hierarchical system from plants to. Letter of life mammals (from lower to higher order) Angels and god at the top; highest level of being. Aristotle analysis of causation why something is . Teleological; because the human body relies on blood flow in order to function: mechanistic views were an important element of the post-scientific revolution. Descartes; animals and the human body as machines (to be explained in terms if mechanics) But human mind (the non-material) is an exception: natural theology before darwin.
