Cosmologies Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Summary of Philosophy Unit 6 - Influences and developments in religious belief, including: 6.1 - Views about Life After Death Across a Range of Religious Traditions Immortality of the soul: soul as non-physical and spiritual and continuing to exist a2er death of body, Rebirth: belief there is no unchanging soul and importance of karma; Replica theory: noon that one can die in one body and continue to live in a different body while being the same person, including after death; Resurrectio...

Astronomy: Basics and Introduction. Including the seasons, cosmologies, first astronomers, ellipticals, and precessions.

Why did agriculture come relatively late to Vermont? What impacts did the rise of agriculture generally? In Vermont? - ANSWER - It's cold! - Impacts: o Size of communities grow, people tended to stay in one place more than in previous areas o 1600: large settlements (~1000 people) along rivers o Europeans arrived before large societies or hierarchal emerged What is a cosmology? Compare the cosmologies of Abenakis and Europeans around 1600. - ANSWER COSMOLOGY: the belief about how the uni...