PHI 2383 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Projectile Motion, Geocentric Model, Sextus Empiricus
26 May 2016
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Aristotle created epicycles (circles on circles), however his simple theory of the cosmos became increasingly complicated and unlikely. **replaced with heliocentrism (sun is at the centre of our cosmos) **replaced with the law of inertia (newton"s law meaning objects in rest stay in rest and objects in motion stay in motion) **condemned by the lateral council; jesuit curriculum adopted in 1599. 2. pyrrhonian skepticism: was a school of skepticism, teaching the ways of pyrrhonism: started by pyrrho of. Elea: pyrrhonian sceptics are one of the three kinds of philosophers according to sextus. They suspend judgement: pyrrhonism is the most prominent and in uential form of skepticism in the history of. Don"t believe what you see to be what it truly is, our senses are deceiving: ex. The shape of the tower from far away compared to up close, it can differ: colours can also change depending on the lighting you look at it with.
