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Apr 30, 2024
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2011-2013 Catalog (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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STS 2233W Magic, Medicine, and Science3 Credits This course looks at the metaphysical and epistemological origins of three systems of thought - the organic, the magical, and the mechanical - and considers the extent to which modern science can be seen as arising from their synthesis. Topics include Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, the Hermetic Corpus, Ficino’s naturalistic magic, Pico’s supernatural magic, Paracelsus and the ontic theory of disease, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, the Cambridge Platonists, and Newton.
Prerequisite(s): EW 1023 or EN 1233W or EN 1203H . Note: Satisfies a Humanities and Social Sciences Elective.
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