NEW333H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Infinite Regress, Nominalism, Mechanize
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Galileo: matter becomes actual and independently existing matter. Connection: matter is pure potentiality(evil) and the ultimate form(good + god) Good and evil now have a metaphysical place. Galileo shatters this whole structure --> matter becomes inert stuffer. Properties of the things that are measurable by math. Objective = reality (eg. chair --> math properties = mass etc | other properties = chairness of the object is not in the object) It exists in the subject of the person. ) View is that the world is deeply chaotic (e. g. lake is possessed and believed god hated him) Connection: influenced by augustine, mystics, and knows how radically self deceptive we are. View is that the self is always radically deceiving, self destructiveness, and strong willing(can"t shut that off) He suffers dramatically(loss of agency and being under significant and constant stress) Connection: augustine couldn"t achieve the salivation without others. Self is incapable at saving itself as all attempts for self transcendence are impossible.
