PHIL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Teleology
5 May 2018
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-Plato’s model of science is mathematics (intangible)
-Aristotle’s model of science is biology (Discover new species…. No evolution)
-In order to believe it, you need to observe it
-Question: Does Aristotle believe in God?
-Yes: Because you can observe acts of faith
-No: Because Aristotle believes in biology and darwinism ????.
Aristotle focuses on nature
• Doesnt believe in evolution because the world is eternal and Aristotle believes that one generation
procreated the next
• ARISTOTLE BELIEVES IN GOD
-To Aristotle, the mover is like God to him
-Plato thinks the Forms is independent from the human mind
-Aristotle thinks the forms is dependent from the human mind
-a priori: before experience
-a posteriori: after exp
-Substance:
-You can add substance to things
-The Christmas tree is a substance. If you add balls, the balls are the properties
-Aristotle look at all individual things (Substances). To those substances, I can give
properties to.
-The table (substance) is brown ( property)
-The property, brown, would not exist without substances
-Essential property: The tail of a squirrel, 4 legs, 2 eyes, etc
-Essential properties are properties unique to squirrels (essential)
-Accidental property: Brown/White, Tall/Small (Has this property, but this does not necessarily
make it a squirrel)
-Everything has a purpose. Nature created the squirrels because they have a purpose in the
world. Nature is like a human. Everything in the world has a purpose/goal.
-Teleology: Everything/Everyone has a goal
-Nature has a will
-Things are done with a process. Materials are different. What makes me human is my shape.
What makes me my particular self: How my body is unique to me and matter
-Potentiality vs Actuality
-Why does nature provide seeds? To make more trees
-Seeds have potential to become a tree, but not yet
-A seed is an actual seed. Potential tree
-I am an UGA student and a potential graduate
-Nature determines if a seed is a tree
-There are external factors that prevent it from being a tree
-But still, the seeds have goals and that cannot be changed
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Document Summary
Aristotle"s model of science is biology (discover new species . In order to believe it, you need to observe it. Yes: because you can observe acts of faith. Aristotle focuses on nature: doesnt believe in evolution because the world is eternal and aristotle believes that one generation procreated the next, aristotle believes in god. To aristotle, the mover is like god to him. Plato thinks the forms is independent from the human mind. Aristotle thinks the forms is dependent from the human mind. If you add balls, the balls are the properties. To those substances, i can give properties to. The property, brown, would not exist without substances. Essential properties are properties unique to squirrels (essential) Essential property: the tail of a squirrel, 4 legs, 2 eyes, etc. Accidental property: brown/white, tall/small (has this property, but this does not necessarily make it a squirrel) Nature created the squirrels because they have a purpose in the world.
