Lecture VIII – Steve Fuller, 1277 And All That: The Legacy Of Cancel Culture, 13th Century Style скачать в хорошем качестве

Lecture VIII – Steve Fuller, 1277 And All That: The Legacy Of Cancel Culture, 13th Century Style

The Condemnation of 1277 is normally regarded by intellectual historians as a turning point in the checkered relationship between theology, philosophy and science. The Bishop of Paris Etienne Tempier collected over 200 ‘errors’ that were being taught at the Sorbonne’s Arts Faculty and appeared to be especially popular with students. Although much confusion surrounds the Condemnation, it resulted in the expulsion of several academics and students from the university and greater doctrinal restrictions on the teaching of theology. Seen from that standpoint, the Condemnation seems very harsh. However, the sort of theology that Tempier wanted to see taught in Paris portrays God as bound not by the laws of his own Creation but by the logic of his will. For their part, academics who portrayed God as bound by his own laws were shown the door, yet they were also allowed to pursue the study of nature, albeit without theological authority – but also without theological hindrance. According to Pierre Duhem, the long-term effect of the Condemnation was to dissolve the authority of Aristotle, which had been taking hold of the universities throughout the thirteenth century, resulting in the stagnation of both the theological and scientific imaginations. In this respect, the Condemnation may be seen as removing a bottleneck in the development of thought. I shall explore the lessons of this episode, then and now. ​Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally trained in history, philosophy and sociology of science, Fuller is best known for his foundational work in the field of ‘social epistemology’, which is the name of a quarterly journal he founded in 1987 as well as the first of his twenty-six books. His most recent research has focused on what he calls ‘Humanity 2.0’, which concerns the sustainability of ‘humanity’ as a concept in light of emerging ‘trans’ and ‘post-human’ tendencies in politics, society and culture.