PSYC 403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Scholasticism, Notre Dame School, Maimonides
23 Dec 2015
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Scholasticism became a new academic discipline of exercising logical thinking, arguing and discussing the issues of the natural world and religious issues. It was defined as the use of rational arguing along with faith as a tool for seeking the truth. Bridge between platonian rationalism and modern logic/methodology. One of the major activities within any university. Universal language of teaching {latin} was all across europe, so it was easy for people to travel from university to university and be comfortable. Remanents of this language remained all the way up into now. Islamic scholars: arabic translations and copies of the ancient greeks and romans. Search for their compatibility with other religions, thus discussions with jewish, They made great contributions to algebra, medicine, astronomy and theology. They debated, they improved their visions by doing so. Many scientists focused on this centuries later. Hippocratic and galnic medicine was continues and cultivated by islamic doctors.
