HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Body Fluid, Substantial Form, Teleology
18 Nov 2016
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In the 16th and 17th centuries, many different theories were pursued. Yet, the theories of the aristotelian-medieval mosaic were taught at the leading universities up until the late. The second law: the theories of the aristotelian-medieval mosaic remained accepted because no other theory managed to satisfy the requirements of the method of the time. Descartes realized that it is the requirements of the aristotelian-medieval method that his theories have to satisfy in order to become accepted. Aristotelian-medieval method: a proposition is acceptable if: it grasps the nature of a thing through intuition schooled by experience or it is deduced from the general intuitive propositions. Descartes: in order to make sure that i only accept what is true, i have to start by doubting everything: . Descartes: but even when i doubt everything, one thing is absolutely certain: i doubt, therefore i think, therefore i exist. Descartes: thus, the existence of my mind is beyond any doubt.
