SOCI 2660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Philosophy Of Mathematics, Habituation, Materialism
13 Nov 2017
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Aristotle founded the lyceum, a basic university for young aristocratic. It is important to understand mater in and of it self. Deal with the world in front of us, the one in which we live. Human beings are an integral part of the natural world. Aristotle emphases reason but also shows us how we can use reason. Aristotle provides us with a categorization and systematization of knowledge. Does this with his work on plants and animals. In order to make sense of the world we have to identify differences between similarities and phenomena. Brings human beings back into the natural world. Human beings are, as buber describes aristotle, a thing among things. Buber writes, man is comprehended only in the world, the world does not comprehend him. Framework of what a good theory of human nature should include. In aristotle"s case its natural world, how the world works around us.
