ANTHRO 2B Lecture Notes - James Ussher, Square Enix Europe, Ideal Type
11 Sep 2013
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History of scholarism & change: classical greece. Everything we experience on earth is not true, true things are in heaven. Eidos: an ideal type. (ex: an eidos of a fox, an ideal and perfect fox). Truth lies in the world we live in. The great chain of being (the fundamental truth; a hierarchy of perfection). Static views of the world and of life: european middle ages. Fixity of species (fixed in their form): scholars looking for biblical text to account for species of the world, things were created initially by god and are as they were; no evolution; no extinction). Shifts in scholarism in 16th century & forward: archbishop james ussher. 4004 bc was when world created according to him: rene descartes, i think therefore i am. , carolus linneaus (1707-1776) Binomial nomenclature (naming system: genius-species): jean-baptist lamarck (1744-1829)
