PHIL 168g Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pyrrhonism, Lucretius, Atomism
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Step 2- raise worries (atomistic world view issues : if it"s all based off of random movement, how do we explain purposeful action on the basis of random swerves) Step 3- try to respond (atomists would say about intentional actions: ) Step 4- evaluate the response to the argument (thesis). This is where the paper is ultimately going. Response: lucretius says the soul disperses when you die and it is a weird form of matter- different types. Soul/mind matter is made up of ultra fine particles that undergoes clinamens (random movement, swerve motion). The matter in a blade of grass doesn"t undergo much clinamactic action at all- mind goes through lots of clinamactic action. *i used no other sources in the writing of this paper. Scholasticism = aristotelianism (4 fold picture of causes) Descartes goes through and picks apart the entire picture. Says it is all garbage; a barrier to doing good science.
