HS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: A Priori And A Posteriori, Pythagorean Theorem, Fokker E.Ii
14 Sep 2016
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After the dark ages: the writings of homer (750 bce) a. i. Theogony- origins of the gods, where they came from where the humans come from b. ii. Myths- why things occur, or why there are certain plants or animals. Philosophy (love of knowledge: hubris-excessive pride or self confidence a. i. Arachne, boasted that she was better at weaving baskets then athena. Athena won a completion, and turned arachne into a spider: change vs permanence b. i. There are somethings that stay the same over time, and other that change over time (enternal) b. ii. Rhetoric (art of persuasion: three questions posed: c. i. What are the mechanisms that we understand anything? c. iii. Now that we answered the other two, what do we do with this for ourselves, as a country, as a whole: deductive (a priori) d. i. Knowledge gained through experience, through the senses e. ii. Wasn"t considered reliable by some because your sense can fail on you e. iii.
