PHILOS 2X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Marin Mersenne, Cogito Ergo Sum
1 Nov 2017
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Con ict between early modern science & religion: religion did not cohere easily with the mechanism of early modern science, early modern cosmology was at odds with the religious world view. Inquisition (tribunal for the suppression of heresy) Pre-descartes: galileo galilei (1564-1642) defended copernican hypothesis (heliocentric model) Called before the inquisition and placed under house arrest: giordano bruno (1548-1600) universe is indeterminately large and there are many suns, inquisitioned, tortured and in 1600 burned at stake for heresy. Ren descartes (1596-1650: pursued his research in holland seeking to replace aristotle, reasonable fear of inquisition, not done in by inquisition but by queen christina of sweden. First: identi es foundations (of knowledge, of more speci c inquiries) Philosophy: (studies the most dif cult questions, general) Marin mersenne (1588-1648: french theologian, mathematician (known for his work in number theory), and engaged in correspondence with eminent philosophers and scientists. Descartes" approach: distinction between the soul and the body.
