NATS 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jigsaw Puzzle, Robert Fludd, Coherence Theory
2 Apr 2016
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Introduction to the philosophy of science: worldviews, aristotelian worldview, newtonian worldview, what is truth , correspondence theory, coherence theory, what are facts , empirical facts, philosophical/conceptual facts, kinds of evidence & reasoning, confirmation (induction, disconfirmation (deduction, scientific world views. A system of beliefs that are interconnected in something like the way the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle are interconnected (pg. An intertwined, interrelated, interconnected system of beliefs (pg. Earth is stationary planets, sun and moon revolve around the earth on crystalline spheres. An outer sphere contains the fixed stars. Sublunary realm earth, air, water and fire; movement is in straight lines. Earth, water, air and fire in their proper places with respect to the center of the earth. Elements explain phenomena in the natural world. Superlunary realm ether; movement is in perfect circles, objects are spherical. It is the nature of the earth element to fall towards the centre of the universe.
