Philosophy 2203E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: English Civil War, Cartesian Doubt, Protestant Reformation
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Two giant events in the period that motivate this period were the discovery of the new world and protestant reformation, both ideas repel against the established authority. Insubordination of catholic hegemony, drove philosophers to start questioning the authority of the established view. Ideological: seek a firm ground on which our ideas can be established or set, challenging a church doctrine leads to cartesian doubt or lockian empiricism, top down authoritative subordination. Political: french revolution and english civil war, instability. Political insubordination of the ruling belief is what drives the theory of social contracts to establish civil authority in regions. Discovery of new world was a great discovery by ignoring the perceived view our science is shaky to a point where we need to challenge our new beliefs. Theories of the origin of society relates to the stories of life and behavior of the native.