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what conclusions plato drew for the methodology of natural sciences
forms- you cant know if anything is changing, so if you have knowledge it must be of
something unchanging.
you can only know through reason alone
Plato doesnt think that natural science will get you knowledge as it relies on natural
science which relies on experimentation and observation. he explains astronomy using
mathematical models but this doesnt mean that astronomy is only math. (passage 29b)
change for Aristotle is just change in the properties of the object as he believed that
objects are the ones that have the properties.
connection between motion and the global features of the physical universe
violent and natural motion, circular motion of the planets. the plants use some kind ofsubstance- they are made of aether and this is what causes them to move. he is using
properties to explain this motion. properties here refer to the global feature of the
universe. Platos conception of motion were much harder to explain due to his realm of
forms bull. Since these forms are unchanging, they cannot explain this change on the
real world. They are causally isolated to the sensible world.