Philosophy 2006 Lecture Notes - Aristotelian Physics, Distorting Mirror, Jargon
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15 Apr 2012
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Unit iv lecture iii march 6, 2012. Francis bacon: the great instauration 2 main themes. 1) limits on human reason [not direct realism, but the 4 idols] 2) proper procedure in science [not aristotelian demonstration or syllogistics, but empiricism] Aristotelian science, but the technical application of them: goal is great instauration of a working science that will provide us with the ability to command the natural world and use it for our benefit. Cosmos is a unity it is finite and continuous. All beings in the cosmos form a hierarchical chain of being god at the top, inanimate matter at the bottom. Heavenly bodies move in perfect circles around a static earth. When we want to explain what a thing is, we are explaining why some matter has some attribute. 1) material cause: the matter out of which something is made: ex: material cause of a house is bricks and timber.
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