HP202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Europeanisation, Gfk Entertainment Charts, Francis Bacon

• School: WLU
• Department: History & Philosophy of Science
• Course: HP202
• Professor: Suzanne Zeller

Document Summary

Lecture 1 jan. 3rd 2017 introduction to hps: themes and approaches. An introduction to the themes and big questions that will be covered this semester (cid:862)the dominant cultural mode(cid:863) of the modern world. Natural knowledge; the rational study of nature; (cid:862)the orga(cid:374)ized (cid:373)ethodical i(cid:374)vestigatio(cid:374) of nature"s capacities(cid:863) Observation/identification/description/experimental investigation/ theoretical explanation of natural independent observation; logically interconnected systems of propositions. Sir francis bacon (1561-1626) (cid:862)knowledge is power(cid:863) Promethean/faustian using science for good/using it for evil. Enlightenment; american/french revolutions; napoleonic wars; revolutions of 1830/1848. Modernization: industrialization; capitalism; mechanization; scientific knowledge; new social (cid:862)europea(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)(cid:863); (cid:862)westernization(cid:863); (cid:862)civilization(cid:863) relations; urbanization. Changing relationships between science/the human condition: individual/community; freedom/order; reason/faith. Exceptionalism: realism; demarcation; cumulation; foundations; precision; separate contexts; unity. Science has changed over time, within changing historical contexts. Human activity; social practise; historical contingency (cid:862)scientists(cid:863) Transitions from (cid:862)traditional(cid:863) to (cid:862)modern(cid:863) society: some examples. Category: social settlement structure stratification roles mobility family communication control conflict, economic economy.