PHI 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Euclidean Geometry
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Francis bacon: we don"t need to consult aristotle to gain knowledge, knowledge is the product of our own creativity, we don"t need religion. We will learn it from our personal experiences: new tradition, john locke: basis for english philosophy. Galileo galilei: (1564 1642: first practicing scientist, rejected both religions and ancient philosophies. Bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. Up to you to find out how the heavens go: found answer out through telescopes: Said that earth is not the center of the. Laws of physics must be applied to both. Rene descartes: (latin: renetus cartesius) the sky and earth: followed medieval religion, wanted to find the foundation for knowledge. Found it in mathematics: math can be reduced to two simple operations: Intellectual intuition (the recognition of self-evidence truths axioms) Deduction (the inference of other truths from initial axioms) Basis for euclidean geometry: medidation one: Wanted to be clear and simple in his philosophy.
