PHIL 364 Lecture 1: 5-30-17
6 Jun 2017
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5/30/17 (tuesday, week 1) i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. 1519: martin luther (cid:0: emergence of market society = capitalism (decay of feudalism and decay of exclusive reliance of agricultural society, scientific method new idea that sun = center of universe (heliocentric) Characteristics possessed by matter: -boundary, -shape, -motion/rest, -proximity to other bodies, -size, -amount/number, -location in time/space. Nature is composed of forces, and all those forces are calculable making it mathematical. Galileo does not consider the senses (color, taste, sound, aroma) to be quantifiable; he finds them to be experiences and should be banished from scientific knowledge. Machiavelli sees us in a world of chance (fortuna) believes that chance always wins (there"s always the unexpected) The purpose of knowledge is to give us control. Francis bacon when you base knowledge on nature, the best you can achieve is probability (not certainty) Robert bellermine put galileo in jail for believing in the copernican theory.
