STS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Unobservable, Metaphysics
30 Mar 2017
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We"re supposed to have knowledge, which gives us power: something god wanted us to have, will continue to grow with time, worldview held by the europeans. German: to make; to have power; to be able; might. A device for applying power: operations/functions: Machines achieve effects >> natural powers by manufacturing the effects: characteristics: In a system of governance (the way they operate), they move >> seems like they are alive. The new philosophy : only mechanistic explanation are helpful >> useful/practical, all natural phenomenon can/should be explained in tones of matter and motion, world picture: Unobservable claim #2: complete operational uniformity: unorganism: No more occult force >> only inert corpuscles bouncing around: perceived problems to mechanistic explanation: Could explain using math to show the relationships in the systems of our world. Language of all things: the force.
