Chapter 2

Question 1

Wrote alot about science but did not make a contribution.

Answer 1

Francis Bacon. with Novum Organum, part of Instauratio Magna.

Question 2

Aristotle’s medieval worldview

Answer 2

Geocentric worldview. Superlunar and celestial, sublunary and terrestial.

Question 3

Quinta essentia

Answer 3

Fitfth element: essence of heavens

Question 4

“…” elaborated geocentrism.

Answer 4

Ptolemiac

Question 5

Bacon’s Idols of the Tribe

Answer 5

Innate human jumping to conclusions

Question 6

Bacon’s Idols of the Cave

Answer 6

Upbringing forming behavior. + love for novelty.

Question 7

Bacon’s Idols of the Marketplace

Answer 7

Beliefs due to language.

Question 8

Bacon’s Idols of the Theatre

Answer 8

Prejudice inclined to believe old school of thought.

Question 9

Bacon was critical of “…” because it was based on bias

Answer 9

Syllogism ( deductive )

Question 10

“…” Published on his deathbed about heliocentrism.

Answer 10

Copernicus

Question 11

“…” Made multiple discoveries with a telescope(made by Hans Lippershey)

Answer 11

Galileo

Question 12

Novum Organum

Answer 12

True and perfect Induction

Question 13

“…” Planets orbit around the sun in elliptical trajctories.

Answer 13

Johannes Kepler.

Question 14

“…” Philosophiae Naturalis Principie Mathematica.

Answer 14

Newton. 3 laws of motion and law of gravitation.

Question 15

“…” Used a microscope to make discoveries

Answer 15

Robert Hooke