Editing Medieval Philosophy (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Medieval philosophy is understood through '''Synthesis''' and '''The Five Ways'''.

'''1. The Great Reconciliation''':
The biggest problem for medieval thinkers was: "What if the Bible/Quran says X, but Aristotle says Y?"
* They didn't want to choose between them.
* They believed that "Truth cannot contradict Truth."
* If they found a contradiction, they assumed their *understanding* was wrong, and used logic to find a deeper meaning that unified both.

'''2. Aquinas's "Five Ways" (The Proofs)''':
Aquinas used Aristotle's science to prove the existence of God.
* '''Motion''': Everything that moves was pushed by something else. There must be an "Unmoved Mover" at the beginning.
* '''Causality''': Everything has a cause. There must be a "First Cause."
* '''Design''': Nature is so complex and orderly that it must have a "Grand Architect."

'''3. The Islamic Bridge''':
While Europe was in the "Dark Ages," Islamic scholars in Baghdad and Cordoba were translating and expanding on Greek philosophy.
* They invented new logic, advanced mathematics, and scientific tools.
* Without these Islamic translations, the work of Aristotle would have been lost to the West forever.

'''Occam's Razor''': William of Ockham, a medieval friar, gave us the rule that "Simpler explanations are better." He used this to simplify the complex logical "Knots" of his fellow Scholastics.
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