Test 3 Flashcards
(70 cards)
rationalism
belief in reason- universe is logical and objective, supernatural realm is irrelevant
roots of modernity
- humanism
- protestantism
- scientific revolution
** main idea: all have unintended consiquences such as- thinking for youself, corrosive to other beliefs, marginalizing supernatural realm (hope is secular truth), SHIFT IN TRUTH
truth
something that fits with human experience, more physical than spiritual, mathematical principles of natural philosophy (isaac newton) principles applied to everything
isaac newton
mathematical principles of natural philosophy (principa mathematica)
premodern worldview
classical
classical
dualism: two tiered view of reality- spiritual and material have nothing to do with eachother
modern worldview
enlightenment
plato
form (eternal reason)/matter (eternal and formless)– material is all bad, error, and illusion **main idea: relate to christianity: material is good because God made it good, creation ex nihilo
Augustine/Early Church fathers
-human dilemma: what is our purpose?
-chrisitans moral problem: sin, violating Gods commands
-then goes to Reformation: luthers worldview
Luthers worldview/Reformation
no dividing line between spiritual and material, luther rejects sellebusy, monasticism, dualism, we dont want to separate from this world but we should be in it
Classical Worldview
leave material realm behind, want sellebusy over sex, meditation over work, vocation is only spiritual
Post Reformation Problem
truth is material realm, descartes (scientific revolution), mind (spiritual reason, thought, emotion) over matter (mechanical, machine), prove existence by thoughts, an attempt to protect the other tier (mind) but ends up maginalizing it, so rationalism came to be– enlightenment begins
philosophs
evangelists of rationalism and matter
newton
generalized laws (math), natural laws govern the natural world, people became skeptical of scripture so they relied on laws similar to newtons instead, created laws for everything: desire to make everything mathematical for efficiency
locke
epistemology of experience, challenges descartes’: we are a tabula rasa (we become the sum of our experiences, blank slate), the point of life is the environment– no sin, no evil, just environment (optimistic)
epistemology of experience
by locke: how do we know what we know? based all off of environemnt and expeirences, nature of knowledge
Religion in the Enlightenment
rationalism: materialism, anything supernatural goes against the material world, Diesm, Volatre, Candide, Denis Diderot
Deism
supreme being makes everything, then doesnt intervene, so we have to figure out the natural laws, no such thing as sin, happiness is the goal
voltaire
jailed and exiled from france, wants to end all religion, arguent: look at christians killing eachother because differences in interpretation– put away with it
candide
written by voltare: exchange rationalism for chirstianity, a pilgrims progress for rationalism, limit activities to whats right in front of us (tend to our own gardens)
Denis Diderot
the encyclopedia: the new version of scripture, best way to do everything
Political Philosophers
baron de montesquieu and jean jacques rousseau
baron de montesque
political philosopher: “spirit of laws” laws govern political behavior: political liberty- checs and balances, division of politics, American legislature, executive and judicial came from this
Jean Jacques Rousseau
“the social contract” - all men are born free, but everywhere they are in chains, state of nature: born free, fall is society and civilization (the chains), redemption is the general will: do what is right for all, wisdom does not come from the majority **main idea: french rev came from these radical ideas–start over