PHILOS 2XX3 Lecture 7: Philos 2XX3 - Jan 26 Lecture
28 Jan 2017
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Ability to think turned out to be good for evolution. Clarke thinks that the ability to think came from god. He drives point home by saying the thinking beings can perceive the secondary qualities of body: qualities that are due to the hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s a(cid:271)ility to thi(cid:374)k. Has two types of power: creation of matter, creation of thought. Called the achilles because this argument was made by many people: this idea that the idea for i(cid:373)(cid:373)ortality depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) the soul"s si(cid:373)pli(cid:272)ity, soul must be essentially one, for the sake of perception. If you were eventually many, how can you be sure you have all the parts: kant referred to this as the achilles argument. He agrees with essential oneness but does not agree with the immortality aspect: soul must be simple because it unifies representations. Self-existing being must have infinite power: demonstrate this by using biblical text. Ca(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)fi(cid:374)ite po(cid:449)er if you ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)y i(cid:373)perfe(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s.
