HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Aristotelian Theology, Natural Philosophy, Escapement
9 Jan 2020
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History and philosophy of science lecture 8- cartesian. In the 16th-17th centuries, many different theories were pursued. Aristotelian-medieval method that his theories have to satisfy in order to become accepted. It was accepted for about forty years primarily on the continent. In england, it was accepted for a very short period of time in cambridge. Other than that it was mostly accepted on the continent: In the mosaic we have natural philosophy, theology, physics, optics, mechanistic. Physiology, geology (study of earth), cosmology, metaphysics, mathematics, biology- all mechanistic! Cartesian metaphysics: one swedish princess who was very fond of descartes" teaching invited descartes to. Sweden to teach her philosophy and science and all sorts of things. But the particular thing about her schedule was that she was so busy should could only study at 5am. Descartes had to wake up at four in the morning. He did not survive two months: descartes says, we have an external world.
