MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Babylonian Calendar, Abzu, Ethnocentrism
20 Apr 2018
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Narratives about the world and how it came to be, our place, etc. Heavens are always the frame of reference for existential questions. We"ve made our most impactful breakthroughs in philosophy and science by looking to the stars. People thought the earth was a flat cylinder and the heavens were layered. We are similar to ancient people in that. We are still uncertain about our world. We still search for the truth about our world. Meant to help us understand the universe. Ancient cosmologies the universe created something that can create an. Try to explain the world from its creation to how the world should be organized socially. Agency -- people creating and doing; taking an active role. Usually represented by gods in ancient cosmologies. Causality -- maintained in modern cosmologies; one thing causes another. Gods are usually the ones who cause things in ancient cosmologies. If not gods, then elements are the cause of things (air, earth, water, fire)
