Beginning of science and modern era

Question 1

When did the scientific revolution start? What was the big shift?

Answer 1

14thC

Purposive -> Mechanistic world picture

Question 2

Descartes

Answer 2

Rationalist view on knowledge of mind. Experience/perception= not direct
Mind not treated as part of the world

Question 3

Galileo

Answer 3

Pythagorean view.
How can qualities be numbers?
Response= Primary qualities in the object
Secondary produced by mind

Question 4

What are the three reactions to Cartesian psychology?

Answer 4

1. Accept it- ends in idealism and constructivism. mind over matter
2. Reject it- no place for mind. behaviourism
3. Partial reject- cog, representationalist