Modern philosophy

Group 3 Report
HUM 2 – Philosophy
 Objectives
• To know what is Anthropocentrism.
• Factors that led to Modern philosophy
• René Descartes and the meaning of
Cogito ergo sum. (I think; therefore I am.).
• David Hume contribution to Modern
Philosophy .
Anthropocentrism
• From Greek Ancient Greek: ánthrōpos,
"human being" and kéntron, "center“.
• refers to a human-centered, or
“anthropocentric,” point of view. In
philosophy, anthropocentrism can refer to the
point of view that humans are the only, or
primary, holders of moral standing.
Barry, John, and E. Gene Frankland, eds. 2002. International encyclopedia of environmental
politics. London and New York: Routledge. See entries on anthropocentrism, ecocentrism,
and environmental ethics.
Factors to modern philosophy
• The Crusades
– Brings new ideas coming from the middle east and Levant.
• The Fall of Constantinople
– Which spread the classical works of Socrates to Aristotle
and scribes as they escape to Europe.
• The Inventions of the Printing Press
– The Invention of the Printing press by Johannes Gutenberg
making books cheaper to make than the old method of
scribes.