SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lightdark, Religious Experience, Social Inequality
7 Oct 2016
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Week 3 historical background around the time of hobbes: renaissance to. During this time period philosophers argued that there are two ways of being and knowing rationalism and empiricism. Rationalism: sees knowledge existing independently of physical reality. Empiricism: sees knowledge as based on observable, physical reality, example. ) Physical reality such as - senses, taste, touch, smell . Mechanical principles: during and after the 17th century, empiricists francis bacon and john locke were rejecting the old magical ideas and arguing that physical reality works according to mechanical principles. By the 12th century books by plato were available and a philosophical battle is waged: religious authority, faith alone vs. religious philosophers interested in the teaching of. In the movie a monk was eating pages of philosophical teachings that taught that humanity and society are laced with laughter. The plague signified divine wrath imposed on sinful humanity. It also represented a fear of death and intensified the desire to enjoy life.
