The Philosophy of Nature
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The Philosophy of Nature
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Here is the class outline:
1. Welcome & Introduction to the Philosophical Approach |
2. First principles of accidental change |
3. Substantial change |
4. Primary matter |
5. Substantial Form |
6. Platonic forms |
7. Ancient philosophical accounts of nature |
8. Substances: reductionism and emergentism versus hylomorphism |
9. Elements and the doctrine of "virtual presence" part 1 |
10. Elements and the doctrine of "virtual presence" part 2 |
11. Principles of Causality |
12. Nature |
13. REVIEW! |
14. Quantity and Motion |
15. Scientific Challenges I |
16. Scientific Challenges II |
17. Life I |
18. Life II |
19. The Soul and its powers |
20. Vegetative Life |
21. Vegetative life and cells |
22. Knowledge |
23. Sense Knowledge |
24. Color Realism |
25. Internal Senses |
26. Sense Appetite |
27. The Intellect I |
28. The Intellect II |
29. The Intellect III |
30. The Will I |
31. The Will II |
32. Review |
33. Modern Ideas on Mind and Brain I |
34. Modern Ideas on Mind and Brain II |
35. Immortality and Origin of the Human Soul |
36. Origin of the Human Person |
37. The Origin of Life and of Species |
38. Person and Being I |
39. Person and Being II |
40. Person and Being III |
41. Person and Being IV |
42. SPECIAL TOPIC I - Philosophy and the Artist |
43. SPECIAL TOPIC II - The Creative Imagination |
44. SPECIAL TOPIC III - Health |