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What was Francis Bacon’s field of study?

Philosophy

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What was Margaret Cavendish’s Field of study?

Philosophy

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What was Nicolaus Copernicus’s Field of study?

Astronomy

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What was Rene Descartes Field of study?

Philosophy

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What was Galileo Galilei’s Field of study?

Astronomy

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What was William Harvey’s Field of study?

Anatomy

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What was Johannes Kepier’s field of study?

Astology and mathamatics

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What was Isaac Newton’s Field of study?

Mathamatics

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What was Andreas Vesalius’s Field of study?

Human anatomy

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What was Maria winklemann Field of study?

Astronomy

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What was Francis Bacon’s Acommplishments?

Developed the scientific method.

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What was Margaret Cavendish’s Accomplishments?

Wrote books on the observation upon expirimental philosophy.

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What was Nicolaus Copernicus Accomplishments?

Heliocentric system, idealized to the natural sciences.

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What was Rene Decartes’s Accomplishments?

Brought a philisophical perspective

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What was Galileo Galilei’s Accomplishments?

Published starry messanger, discovered earth’s moons and 4 moons around Jupiter.

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What was William Harvey’s Accomplishments?

Proved the heart was the begining of blood circulation.

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What was Johannes Kepier’s Accomplishments?

Destroyed the ptolemaic system (the ancient geocentric model)

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What was Isaac Newtons’s Accomplishments?

Laws of gravitation and motion.

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What was Andreas Vesalius’s Accomplishments?

Accurately described organs and structure of the human anatomy/body.

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What was Maria Winkleman’s Accomplishments?

Discovery of the comet.

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What was Thomas Hobbes’s country of origin?

England

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What was John Locke’s country of origin?

England

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What was Montesquieus’s country of origin?

France

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What was J.J Rousseau’s country of origin?

Switzerland

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What was Voltarie’s country of origin?

France

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What was Denis Diderot’s country of origin?

France

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What was Wollstoncraft’s country of origin?

England

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What was Adam Smith’s country of origin?

Scottland

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What was Thomas Hobbes’s Main philosophical idea?

Human nature is inherently self interested, rquiring a strong central government or absolutely monarchy.

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What was John Locke’s Main philosophical idea?


Natural rights, All humans were born with natural rights (life, liberty, and property) and that government authority comes from the consent of the governed.

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What was Montesquieu’s Main philosophical idea?

Warned against tyranny and advocated for the separation of powers in government with a system of checks and balances.

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What was J.J Rousseau’s Main philosophical idea?

Emphasized the “General will” and direct democracy, believing that true laws express the collective will of citizens. Believed humans were naturally good and free.

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What was Voltaire’s Main philosophical idea?

Religious tolerance and the protection of free speech and open debate, criticized Catholic church’s actions.

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What was Denis Diderot’s Main philosophical idea?

Everyone should share and have access to common simple education and knowledge. Compiled the 28 volume Encyclopedia.

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What was Wollstonecraft’s Main philosophical idea?

Advocated gender equality, arguing the education was the key for women to gain independence.

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What was Adam Smith’s Main philosophical idea?

Asserting that the government should keep taxes low and leave the economy to run its natural course. Father of economics.

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What did Thomas Hobbes have an influence on?

John Locke

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What did John Locke have an influence on?

The declaration of independence, Inspired Thomas Jefferson

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What did Montesquieu have an influence on?

Separation of powers, checks and balances, and representation in modern governments.

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What did J.J Rousseau have an influence on?

Modern political theory

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What did Denis Diderot have an influence on?

Future encyclopedia’s and attacks religious articles.

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What did wollstonecraft have an influence on?

Feminist philosophy and women’s rights

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What did Adam Smith have an influence on?

Political theory and economic wealth.

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What is the geocentric veiw

The belief that earth was the center of the universe with planets and the sun revolving around it.

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What is the heliocentric view?

The sun is at the center of the solar system, with earth and other planets revolving around it.

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How did the scientific method challenge traditional beliefs and church authority.

By proving some religious beliefs weren’t true with physical proof, it also made people question common knowledge.

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What is the fundamental difference between the heliocentric and geocentric models of the universe.

Geo puts the earth at the center for the universe and helio puts the sun at the center.

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