HPS100H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jigsaw Puzzle, Classical Mechanics, Aristotelian Physics
15 Jul 2018
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A(cid:396)istotle"s beliefs a(cid:374)d the a(cid:396)istotelia(cid:374) wo(cid:396)ld(cid:448)ie(cid:449) dominant system of beliefs from about 300 bc to about ad 1600 wrong, but with data at the time seemed right (not na ve beliefs) beliefs not independent, fit together like jigsaw puzzle. The newtonian worldview early 1600s, invention of telescope. In other words, your evidence for that belief is closely tied with your jigsaw puzzle of beliefs, that is, with your worldview we have direct evidence for a surprisingly small number of the beliefs we hold. For most of our beliefs (maybe almost all of them), we believe them largely because of the way they fi t in with a large package of interconnecting beliefs. Why study the history of science? to fight ig(cid:374)o(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e; k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the details, do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the history = bad! No, we will study scientific theories, the outcome of science changes in the mosaic of accepted theories. Hippocrates: human body made of 4 bodily fluids.
