PHI 2394 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Immanuel Kant, Physis, Auguste Comte
9 Apr 2018
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Knowledge is like maths: universal, timeless and necessary. It is not science (epitome) but rather, a trade. Mode of thought, philosophic medium where contradiction is the starting point. Does not give pleasure or neccesity (founded because of leisure) Preserved by temperance (being moderate protect intelligence) Concerns scientific knowledge and understanding, not action. Physis (nature) for aristotle of normative (what should and should not be) artifi(cid:272)ial is (cid:271)ad (cid:894)(cid:862)nothi(cid:374)g that is (cid:272)o(cid:374)trary to (cid:374)ature is good(cid:863)(cid:895) gro(cid:449)i(cid:374)g hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) orga(cid:374)s i(cid:374) Great chain of being (man is closer to god than nature) Man taken out of nature (nature need to be fixed) Knowledge frees us from the chain of nature. Idols of the tribe - common to race (planets moving in perfect circle) Idols of the market - language (definition made of words) Idols of the theatre - philosophical dogma (religion etc) 2nd thesis man uses natural capacities to fully develop the race (not individual); nature understanding itself.
