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2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1

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Part 2.1. A brief recap on the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe.

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1.4 From Galileo to Descartes

Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism.
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2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury

Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The Monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.
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General Philosophy
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Peter Millican
Keywords
christianity
descartes
society
science
philosophy
religion
renaissance
aristotle
mathematics
astronomy
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 16/03/2010
Duration: 00:05:42

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