COMM 2P98 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Denis Diderot, Philosophes, Scientific Method

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2P98
• Professor: russelljohnston

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Denis diderot: reason is to the philosophe what grace is to the christian . Vico: the world of nature, which since god made it, he alone knows the. Francis bacon: knowledge is power world of nations or civil world, which since men had made it, men could hope to know . We needed to start replying on our 5 senses. Only facts tested by experiments would be excepted. Enlightenment thinkers stopped relying on ancient books and instead sought new knowledge (scientific method) A movement that championed the power of human intellect and the importance of personal liberty. Smith: individual economic gains: a specific historical moment in europe 1680-1789.