NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Natural Philosophy
15 Apr 2016
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Nature as the nexus as the result of a series of related causes. Even though nature is secularized, greek natural philosophers were still spiritual. Natural philosophy is different from scintilla: did not refer to knowledge of nature but instead an organized system of knowledge typically a craft-like knowledge. Natural philosophy is different from technological enterprise because it deals with causes. **** know aristotles motion square thing & retrograde motion. Disposition - different age groups experience different things and have different qualities (ex. young are hot and dry) everyone has a natural disposition for a characteristic on this chart. 1650 england is going through a glorious revolution. Boyle wanted to establish matters of fact (today they were established through experiment) Robert boyle was the son of an earl so he was rich the royal society was an organization of amateurs sponsored by states. Prolixity - he did not rely on his social standing to convince people.
