HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jigsaw Puzzle, Formal Science, Natural Science
27 May 2016
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Back then no science; abundance of religion. 3 categories of historic scientific theories: natural science, social science, formal science. Theory: any set of propositions or one proposition. Scientific change: any change of scientific mosaic. Worldviews refer to a system of beliefs that are interconnected in something like the way the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle are interconnected. Worldview is intertwined, interrelated, interconnected system of beliefs. Aristotelian worldview was a system of beliefs that dominated until the ad 1600. Set of beliefs shared by a large segment of western culture after his death and that were largely based on his beliefs. Aristotle believed all planets revolved around earth. Earth and water were heavy elements, tend to descend to center of universe. Fire and air were lighter elements, tend to ascend to the sub lunar region of earth. Pieces of jigsaw puzzle are not independent of one another; they are interconnected.
