PHL 101 Lecture 13: PHL 101 - Lecture 13
5 Jan 2021
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Two claims about being: (1) all being, as such, is intelligible (or true) (3) all being, as such, is good (or beautiful) Pragmatism a true belief is not one that reflects what the world is really like. But is rather an idea that constitutes an effective mental adaptation to the demandsof living in the world. Relativism we have no access to a world that is independent of our beliefs about it. Hence the world we live in is itself a product of human culture. Bacon wants to reform natural science in such a way that the new science he proposes will secure great goods for mankind. He considers goods that can be secured by advancement of science and technology goods of the body. The bible and god saw that it was good. first chapter of the first book of the bible.
