PHIL100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heliocentrism, A Priori And A Posteriori, Geocentric Model
14 Feb 2018
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Thus, persistent disagreements lie in different tastes, or what the facts actually are, Disagreements are, at their core, disputes about what is the actual state of not whether or not there are moral facts. affairs, or what the facts actually are. Consider copernicus (1473-1543) and galileo (1564-1642) and the ideas of the heliocentric universe vs. the geocentric universe better predicted eclipses, movement of stars/constellations and planets. Copernicus showed mathematically that heliocentrism was simpler than geocentrism, Galileo was the first person to turn a telescope to the sky. Copernicus used math to make his case. Heliocentrism: the idea that the sun is the center of the universe. Geocentrism: the idea that the earth is the center of the universe. A priori reasoning: reasoning that deals with conceptual evidence and not. A posteriori reasoning: reasoning that deals with observational and empirical observational evidence. Galileo used observation of the sky to make his argument. evidence, not conceptual evidence.
