scientific revolution and enlightenment

Aristotle

wrote about math, physics, philosophy

Ptolemy

Alexandrian astronomer who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until Copernicus (2nd century AD)

reasons for the start of the scientific revolution

1. renassance

2. universities

3. new world

4. scientific method

catholic church planet theory

10 spheres

ptolomey planet theory

80 sheperes

Nicholas Copernicus

He believed in a heliocentric, or sun-centered, conception of the universe. He argued that the Sun was at the center of the universe. The planets revolved around the sun.

Brahe

(1546-1601) A Danish astronomer who designed and built new instruments for observing the heavens and trained many other astronomers. He rejected heliocentrism despite his discovery of a new star and comet that disproved Aristotle's theory.

johannes kepler

German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)

galileo

(1564-1642) An Italian who provided more evidence for heliocentrism and questioned if the heavens really were perfect. He invented a new telescope, studied the sky, and published what he discovered. Because his work provided evidence that the Bible was wrong he was arrested and ended up on house arrest for the rest of his life.

Newton's Synthesis

Isaac Newton's ideas of combining the laws of Galileo and Kepler by mathematical principles.

francis bacon

developed the scientific method on sensory

rene descartes

17th century French philosopher; wrote Discourse on Method; 1st principle "i think therefore i am"; believed mind and matter were completly seperate; known as father of modern rationalism

Cartesian Dualism

Descartes's view that all of reality could ultimately be reduced to mind and matter.

Who is referred to as the father of anatomy?

Vesalius

What did Vesalius study in depth?

Anatomy

What is the title of the work written by Vesalius?

The Fabric of Human Anatomy

William Harvey

English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood

Enlightenment

A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.

diderot

Published work of many philosphes in his Encyclopedia. He hoped it would help people think more rationally and critically.

Empiricism

the view that knowledge originates in experience and that science should, therefore, rely on observation and experimentation