PHI 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Epicurus, Lucretius
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Aristotle"s philosophy was known as the philosophy of purposes. Aristotle: everything is organized and arranged in a certain way. For necessity: if something exists, there is a reason for it. We need to learn about the reason: we don"t need evolution. Everything exists for a reason and for a purpose: nothing needs to be changed. Who is empedocles and what is his theory of evolution: theory of evolution: Whenever the parts of animals came together, those animals survived since it allowed them to be suitable for survival. If some animals constituted to the environment, they could survive. If they didn"t adapt, then that combination of parts cannot survive. Man-headed calves pure fantasy: charles darwin theory of evolution. Errors in biology are known as mutations. Can be lethal, can have no effect, or can change the whole species: foundation of evolution: errors and chance.
