HUMA 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: New Approach, Immanuel Kant, Social Contract
9 Dec 2015
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Romantic era emphasized the emotional aspect of human expierence. Era were emotion is embodied by music, art, and literature. Change in the value of human expierence. New perspective on nature as beautiful rather than rational. Expression of emotion and use of personification in nature were key features of the. Being human isn"t just about being a rational creature. Romanticism emphasized emotions because emotions have the power to manipulate beliefs and actions. Logic and rationality stripped away the magic" of the world and romanticism was an effort to recreate it. Hobbes: critique institutions (humans make institutions, build new foundation to politics (social contract) (humans not god that gives power) Bacon: new approach to how to do science properly. We need to use the scientific method when studying nature. Scientific method invented in enlightenment era: based on experimentation, empirical knowledge (own knowledge through observations and, inductive (imagination, observations, bottom up approach) experience)
