GEOS2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, Seismology, Pre-Socratic Philosophy
2 Jul 2019
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Week 2 lecture 1 introduction to philosophical and theoretical foundations to. Familiarise ourselves with the philosophical traditions that underpin understandings of hazard, risk and disaster. Note key thinkers and events that have driven changes in theory. Explore why theory and philosophy has changed through time. Pose some questions for personal study and research. #1 religious faith creationism and divine punishment. Natural disasters as god"s punishment for our sins: this ideology emerged in all monotheistic religions. Detrimental effects: fatalistic acceptance that this is the will of god: no personal responsibility that humans can take, nothing we can do, still exists today. #2 pre-socratic philosophy philosophers (before socrates before 470 bc) Despite its association with philosophical ideas and not religious ones, the idea that the gods cause disasters, place demands on the mortal and determine our place in the afterlife (ex. But thales argued, disasters caused by natural world processes : lacked explanation: underlying earth processes that triggered volcanoes and eruption.
