PHIL 1050 Lecture : Feb 9 2011 Lecture Note
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17 Dec 2011
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New science brought on in 17th century led to many philosophical problems. In 18th century, the new sciences of physics & chemistry seemed different from geometry & arithmetic. Unlike the new sciences, geometry & arithmetic did seem to depend on self-evident principles. Descartes & leibniz thought of physical objects as bundles of properties attached to a substance. Descartes thought of mental objects as bundles of properties attached to a mental substance. Ideas are collection of properties attached to a mental substance so an idea may be simple or complex. Hume (18th century scottish philosopher) used the idea. Thought some propositions are about matters of fact (eg. sky is blue,) Matters of fact can be discovered only from experience. Other propositions are about (or true b/c of) relations among ideas.
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