Lecture 1 on Aristotle's 'Physics' by Duane H. Berquist

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William Wallace OP on Introductory Philosophy of Nature:

[mr.iankp.]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen any new content on this channel, and I’m really hoping it isn’t dead. Your videos have been a real inspiration and stepping stone for me to explore my faith intellectually (particularly your series on Classical Theism). While I perfectly understand any real-life events that would interfere, I’d just hate knowing this channel has been abandoned.

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0:00 (1) Hearing about (2) Listening to
Student learns from a teacher, from listening to all he has to say.
1:53 Judge listens to a witness.

4:23 Gospel of Matthew on The Humanity of Christ
5:38 Prologue and Play structure in Shakespeare's _Romeo and Juliet_
14:30 Beginning is more general meaning and
Cause is more particular

20:57 Know natural things in the light of their causes
The General is Before The Particular

If I think a dog is a cat, I am mistaken
If I think a dog is an animal, I am not mistaken

28:06 4 is to 6 as 2 is to 3
general is to the particular is as
the confused is to the distinct (?)

33:10 Salad Dressing

41:23 Describe this painting 🖼
• notice the subtle things

43:23 Definition
Circle ⭕️
• (define by example?) “that’s a square” “that’s a circle.” “That’s a nose.”

46:28 What is Love? What is a chair? 🪑
• something I sit on

49:03 Me and Columbus looking for land 🔭
Something is on the horizon. It’s a ship. It’s a pirate ship 🏴‍☠️

52:01 Supermarket, boy calls to a man who isn’t his daddy, but he resembles his father.

52:54 Twins, Judy and Mary Jane would switch seats to play tricks on the teacher.

Particulars know whose who
Generals don’t know whose who

57:21 go from the general to the particular. General is a kind of whole.
General to Whole
Whole to Parts

59:21 General is before particular

1:01:14 Chinese are distinct to other Chinese as Americans are distinct to their Americans

1:03:07 It’s a bird, it’s a plane. No, it’s Superman!

1:08:22
More Known to us = Less Known
More Known = Less Known to us

1:09:41
More Precision, less sure

What is more known
• Day and Night
• Cause of Day and Night

The effect is more known to us than the cause. We know what happened but we argue about what caused it.)

Imperfect knowledge comes to us before perfect knowledge.

1:17:10 Exercises
• be productive at the level you are at, to move up to a higher level

1:20:38 Music

Private good to Public good

1:32:10 Aristotle lived at the End of the Golden Age of Philosophy.

1:33:26 Descartes
• Distinct is more known
• certitude with Clarity and distinction

1:34:49 Aristotle
What is more known to us is more certain for us.
Confused is more known to us than distinct.
Therefore, the confused is more certain

1:37:57
1:39:17 More precise means less certain

1:41:14 Conflicting measurements

1:45:03 cogito
• sureness about a subject does not make that subject automatically become easily understood

• Confusion, General Knowledge, is more certain and less distinct
• Particular, Precise Knowledge, is less certain and more distinct

1:52:22 The Balance of Precision and Certainty
1:57:16 Idealization involves a departure from reality
2:02:41 Increasing Confidence in Science 🧬 🧫 🧪

2:07:32
Syllogism
Demonstration

2:14:35 What does it mean to speak figuratively?

2:18:59 Tragedy and Comedy 🎭
Idealization of life
Life is a tragedy
Life is a comedy

2:20:43 Naval stories
2:23:47
God is simple
Unchanging

2:24:55 Negative Knowledge
Better to negate the general or particular

It’s not 4
It’s not even

Better to negate the general to get closer to the particular

2:29:53 want to see some perspective

2:31:51 Experience Knowledge

2:37:19
Singular - Universal
We know in a confused way 1st

2:42:24 Knowing of is not Knowing of

2:45:38 Chess Grandmaster Moves

Rock 🪨
Sheppard 🐑

2:52:22 Greek Language

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Been a long time since I've seen you upload.

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[rainbowcoloredsoapdispenser]

Was wondering if you'd have any interest in responding to a new rationality rules video that attempts to debunk the act potency distinction and the argument from change, now that you're back?