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empiricism
Newton combined both Descartes and Bacon's theories to create ______ (present day scientific method) (trust what you can see, sense, and demonstrate)
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Cartesian Dualism
________ allowed scientists to see matter as inert and separate from themselves.
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Planets
________ orbit slower the more distant they are from the sun.
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rationalism
Rene Descartes: Father of ______ (allowing knowledge and reason to influence decision- making, not giving in to religious beliefs or emotional responses)
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Descartes
________ argued one could start with self- evident truths (like math) and deduce more complex conclusions.
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Kepler
____: Developed 3 laws of planetary motion: planets orbit the sun in ellipses.