PHI 121 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - God, René Descartes, Christianity
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: a view of the universe and our place in it. Earth is flat, in the center of the universe, and doesn"t move. : hierarchy of power in the world is Life negative cultures have a concept of special creation, if we are no longer with god in the center of the universe, this is bad! If the universe is absurd, so am i. : knowledge comes only from sensory experience, based on perception. : the view that if something exists, it is mental. This leaves open the possibility that among the minds that exist is the mind of god. I perceive that there is an order in the universe, not my creation, it"s god"s. Every scientific theory is a paradigm (view of the world), and it is neither true or false. The goal of science is proving that the paradigm works. Too many anomalies lead to crisis and angst.
