Topic > The Body of the Machine - 837

Our idea of ​​the body as a machine can be traced back to the historical systems of classical thinkers. It was natural for humanity to be curious about its surroundings and try to formulate ways to explain everyday phenomena. For example, the Greeks attempted to unlock the secrets of nature, and schools of philosophy began to form a systematic way of finding answers. The first of these was Anaximandu's theory of change which relied heavily on mythology as a means of explaining the natural world but things soon changed and a greater emphasis was sought in the area of ​​systematic explanations. Then came the Aristotelian vision that influenced the founder of the Christian Church. Aristotelian views influenced and shaped the philosophies of the Christian Church and therefore change the world due to the distribution of Christianity to all cultures on earth. It was this theoretical framework that provided the necessary foundation for conceptualizing the process of social change. It was in the Middle Ages that the transition from the idea of ​​organic, living and spiritual universes was replaced by the concept of the machine which became the foundation of the modern era. This framework is the basis for the revolutions brought about in physics and astronomy and contributed to and influenced the achievements of Copernicus, Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton. This new framework was a mode of inquiry that included the mathematical description of nature and the analytical methods of reasoning that later influenced the works of Descartes. It was his theories that influenced the "era of the scientific revolution." Descartes' mathematics was thought to be the only method to explain the natural world and therefore these methods prevailed and laid the foundation...... half of the paper ......and on his own inability to adapt to speed with which he makes the earth adapt. The idea of ​​Gaia is the idea of ​​the earth as a living entity. Like all living things, changes in its environment push it to adapt. Adaptation is the key to survival, but in adaptation there is a central concept of the Law whether acquired characteristics are inherited. This law, developed by Charles Darwin, states that favorable characteristics that help the species survive will be passed down from generation to generation, while those that do not will atrophy and disappear. The central question of this essay is this: Will the earth adapt to its new environment, and if so, will the human race atrophy and disappear due to this adaptation? With our limited view of the universe, the earth, and the body as a machine, can we really answer this question accurately? We are doomed to failure??