BLAW 231 Chapter : Chapter 3
15 Mar 2019
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Materialism a metaphysics grounded in matter and our sensations of the world. Homo faber man is a toolmaker ex. what we do with them is. Makes a statement on how we understand the realm of politics if its economic base : productive relations (euphemism for class struggle) only that those that own will exploit those who don"t. Superstructure law, religion, art, science, politics you want to understand a society look first at its infrastructure that is two class those that own the tools and those that do not, and. The class that owns the tools will dominate the superstructure. History occurs in the changes of the infrastructure by what will change the superstructure. He looks for it, but world around appears to be in constant flux. Plato born in 428 327 bc. Student of socrates main source of knowledge of socrates. Plato sees a reality beyond the material world philosophy on which this is based is.
