class 2 for Early Modern and Intro to Philosophy

Today in Early Modern we discussed the shift from the Middle Ages into the Modern asking what defined the Modern. Lots of interesting aspects to cover and never enough time. The quiz question was how many inventions did Galileo have? In reading about these you may find it all rather controversial. He is know for inventing the telescope but he seems to have heard about something similar and then makinng his own. Regarding the periodic movement of pendulums - he certainly didn't invent the pendulum but his discovery led to the beginnings of clocks. And most frustrating of all - did he use the tower of Pisa for an experiment? Not to mention the whole issue regarding the movement of the earth and how much trouble that caused. For my Introduction to Philosophy class today we discussed Socrates - after discussing the nature of memory. Always fun. The quiz question was if Jesus came to your door and asked you to sell everything you have, give the money to the poor, and then follow him, would you go? Or what? I tied this in with the Euthyphro where Socrates poses his famous question regarding the nature of pious. I did recorded some of the second lecture and it is posted here.