how well connected was hobbes
he was secretary for francis bacon
what sort of reasoning did he champion
deductive
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how well connected was hobbes
he was secretary for francis bacon
what sort of reasoning did he champion
deductive
what elements of bacons reasoning did hobbes view as inadequate
inductive reasoning
too experimental
never provides secure knowledge that is irrefutable
an element of doubt can always exist when some observed facts cannot be explained
what inspired hobess’ belief in deductive reasoning
greek mathematican
what was hobbes keen to use deductive reasoning to prove
notion of a powerful monarchy
what other idea did Hobbes propose to explain the nature of the world
materialism - the idea that everything is created by matter and that all observed events including those to do with the mind and spirituality are the result of matter acting on matter
how did this eliminate a belief in magic
magic was not founded on matter. concepts such as the soul and the existence of angels could be questioned
what natural explanations did hobbes provide of magical phenomena
unusual phenomena had been observed, such as miracles, but never been proven to go against the law of nature, and cases of possession were the result of madness or epilepsy
what room in Hobbes’ theory was there to justify a belief in spirits
he didn’t deny that there could be sprits with material bodies that are too fine to be seen by humans
who had read the work of hobbes
john webster, balthasar bekker
what evidence of the impact of hobbes’ ideas are there on webster and bekker
webster - believed witches could not command supernatural powers
bekker - believed that there was much unknown about nature