BIOL 040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Antiscience, Depth Perception, Polytheism
31 Jul 2020
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Ren descartes (1596-1650) one of the first people to be affected by roman catholic. Was about to publish work that included heliocentric model of the universe decided to shelve the study. Descartes identified soul as being divine and independent of everything else. Separated human soul from the rest of the universe, as had been before by plato and the. Was convinced that the soul had innate knowledge, which could be recovered on the basis of reasoning. Dualism = view of the mind-body relation according to which the mind is immaterial and completely independent of the body; central within religions and also in descartes" philosophy. Mechanistic view of the universe, including the human body. View universe and all the matter in it as one big, sophisticated machine that could be studied by humans (cartesian dualism) Descartes believed that god had created a self-perpetuating machine, so that he did not have to continuously look after his creation.
