PHL 552 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Normal Science, Godfrey Smith, Mass In Special Relativity
28 Feb 2017
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Scholasticism based on a combination of 2 things religious thinking and the work of aristotle. Before the scientific revolution nature was thought through aristotle and. Physical phenomenon goal to be the physical world in this certain place in this universe (goal) Finite, geocentric universe: smaller conception of the universe, the earth is at the centre of things, we are here at the centre (human centre conception of the universe) Dualistic universe: )f you"re on the earth things happen in a different way we don"t see here in the earth. Experiment over authority: galileo"s telescope (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:888)(cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:524) heavenly elements. Sun spots when he looked through the telescope looking at the: harvey on circulation (1628) Circulation of blood in the human body: mechanistic explanation. Distinction breaks down people like galileo sees that these heavenly bodies are changing (e. g. the sun its changing) Categorical differences start to break down during the scientific revolution. Scientific theories that apply to different parts of the universe.
