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To: Alamo-Girl
Alamo-Girl: "The word "science" itself is simply the Latin word for knowledge: scientia.
Until the 1840's what we now call science was 'natural philosophy,' "

Of course, but always in the context of practical knowledge of natural things, which as Aquinas distinguished: we learn by input from our senses.
This contrasts, he said, with theological knowledge which begins with our understandings of the Bible.

Jefferson's list pointedly excludes any mention of theology, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, etc.
All of those are outside the realm of "natural-science".

460 posted on 10/11/2013 12:38:51 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: BroJoeK; betty boop; YHAOS; R7 Rocket; spirited irish
Ethics and law on Jefferson's list do not fit your definition of "practical knowledge of natural things." They are both steeped in what we would call philosophy and theology.
462 posted on 10/11/2013 8:15:22 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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