HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Teleology
19 Jan 2016
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God gave newton the laws of nature; he had a semi-divine status. As a result of this deification, here have been all sorts of myths on newton and newtonian science. Newtonian science: false, false, false, false (one source of these myths is the habitual neglect of, liberated itself from religion, completely rejected astrology, united terrestrial and celestial physics, opened the lose/finite universe. Cartesian science: the scientific method was first employed, we know that the hd method was employed in cartesian science, so this is false. Note: by the time newton"s theory became replaced by general relativity in 1920, the mosaic had changed considerably. In the mid 18th century, theology was considered a key branch of science along with metaphysics, natural science and humanities. Astrology: a science concerned with the influences of the stars and planets upon terrestrial affairs: natural astrology: a branch of astrology concerned with the celestial influences upon natural things a.
