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Plato, Republic
David Lindberg, The Beginnings of
Western Science
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Core Question
What is real?
Reflection on knowledge
Darwin
Carson
Kandel
Aristotle medieval
scholars
Watson
Poincar
Plato
Newton
e
Western view
Implications
Today
The Beginning of Ancient Greek
Philosophy
Plato and his Philosophy
Plato and Modern Science
The Beginning of
Ancient Greek
Philosophy
Natural phenomena as
mighty feats willed by
god
Capricious , nonpredictable world
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Plato
[Text 1b: Para. 28-29]
428 BC 348/47 BC
Classical Greek philosopher
Mentor: Socrates
Student: Aristotle
Socrates + Plato + Aristotle: laid
the foundations of Western
philosophy
Ancient Greek philosophy:
the origin of modern
science
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Plato
[Text 1b: Para. 28-29]
Platos
Academy
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Three Important
Philosophical Issues at the
Time of Plato
[Text 1b: Para. 35-36]
1. The nature of fundamental reality
2. The problem of change and stability
3. Epistemological concerns
(How to reach true
knowledge/ true reality?)
changeless
3)Objectively existTrue reality is located only in the
world of forms
The corporeal object is an
imperfect replica of the form
Sensible World/
Material Realm
Platos Philosophy:
Demiurge
[Text 1b: Para. 30-31]
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Three Important
Philosophical Issues at the
Time of Plato
[Text 1b: Para. 35-36]
1. The nature of fundamental reality
True reality world of forms
2. The problem of change and stability
World of forms changeless; sensible world
with change
3. Epistemological concerns
(How to reach true knowledge/ true
reality?)
By sense experience? By reason?
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Find
out yourself!!!
[Text 1b, Para. 36-38]
Aristotle
alsoitaddressed
these three
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Platos philosophy is
hidden in his Allegory
of the Cave
Can you connect the Allegory with Platos
two worlds??? Text 1a, Para. 18, Text 1b, Para. 32-34
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Education
In the
Cave
Education
Mos
t
Sun
real
The things
themselves
The statues
Les Shadows
s
real
In the
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Cave
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Scientific Knowledge:
Approaching the Most Real
Research on Malaria
1898: Human
experiment
demonstrated the
transmission
Is it real?
1897: Mosquito
transmits malaria
parasites
How did it get into
blood? species of
1888: Several
malaria parasites
differentiated
Only 1 type?
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Similarities to Modern
Science
[Text 1b: Para. 39]
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Similarities to Modern
Science
[Text 1b: Para. 39]
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Mathematical laws
Observations
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Genetic Law
Idealized
Ratio
3:1
(Different
sets of
experiments)
Idealization is a prominent
feature of modern science. We
Genet
ic
Law
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World of
forms???
Natural laws
Mathematical laws
Sensible
Experimental data
Observations
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Summary
Greek Mythology
Greek Philosophy
An orderly
world for
inquiry
3 Philosophical
Questions
Reality
Change
Epistemology
Plato:
??
World of
forms
Sense?
Reason?
True Reality
Allegory of the
Cave
Changes
Sensible
world
Modern Science
Seeking
shared
characteristic
s
Idealization
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Venue
Leader
Language
1st session
Text
Fridays,
MMW 715 Sherman
16:30-17:30
Putonghua
16 Jan
Text 2
Fridays,
16:30-17:30
AIT G05
Timothy
Cantonese or
English
16 Jan
Text 2
Mondays,
12:30-13:30
YIA 410
David
Cantonese
12 Jan
Text 1a & 1b
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YIA 511
Hei
Cantonese
13 Jan
Text 1a & 1b
Major references
Plato, Republic / translated by G.M.A. Grube, revised
by C.D.C. Reeve. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing,
1992.
Plato, Republic / translated by C.D.C. Reeve.
Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2004.
Lindberg, David C., The Beginnings of Western
Science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Henry, John, A Short History of Scientific Thought.
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Wikipedia, The Republic (Plato), 16:30, 5
September 2011.
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