Enlightenment Thinkers and Scientific Revolution Flashcards

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Copernicus

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Publishes heliocentric theory

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Heliocentric theory

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Sun is the center of the universe and that plants and such go around it

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Vesalius

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Publishes first human anatomy textbook

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Brahe

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Discovers Nova, new star

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Nova

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Meaning the universe is always changing

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Jansen

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invents microscope

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Kepler

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Publishes first two laws of planetary motion

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First two laws of planetary motion

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  1. Stars go around the sun

2. We don’t go in a full circle

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Galileo

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Publishes Starry Messenger

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Starry messenger

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  1. Discovers law of pendulum
  2. Falling objects accelerate at a fixed rate
  3. No matter the weight objects will fall at the same rate
  4. Jupiter has 4 moons
  5. Sun has dark spots
  6. The moon is uneven
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Bacon

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Publishes book Novum Organum

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Harvey

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Reveals how human heart functions

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Galileo faces Inquisition for support

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Was given choice of slow torture or disagreeing with the catholic church

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Descartes

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Book of Discourse on Method and sets forth Scientific Method (Empiricism)

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Empiricism

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Learning through experience

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Torricelli

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invents barometer (air pressure)

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England

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Establishes Royal Society (welcomes scientist)

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Boyle

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Discovers Boyle’s law

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France

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Establishes Academy of Sciences (welcomes scientist)

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Leeuwenhoek

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Observes bacteria through microscope (understanding diseases)

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Newton

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Publishes law of gravity

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Fahrenheit

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Invents mercury thermometer

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Reason

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Enlightenment thinkers believe truth can be discovered through reason and logic

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Nature

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What was good was natural and reasonable. Just as in natural laws in motion, there were laws in economics and politics.

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Happiness

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One who lives by natures laws were truly happy

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Progress

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They believe in progress

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Liberty

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They believed in the freedoms as gained with the English Bill of Rights

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Creation Questions

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How was the world created?

Why was the world created?

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Government Questions

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How should we be governed?

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Purpose Questions

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What is the purpose of the individual?

How should we live our lives?

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Thomas Hobbes

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Social Contract

English

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Social Contract

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You agree to give up freedom to benefit the group

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John Locke

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Natural Rights
Empiricism
English

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John Locke: Empiricism

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Knowledge pertaining to the senses

Tabula Rosa

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Tabula Rosa

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Essay concerning human understanding

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John Locke: Natural Rights

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He believed it was the government right to protect the peoples 3 Natural Rights which were Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Property

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Voltaire

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The Man
Believed in individual freedom
He was Deist
French

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Montesquieu

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Separation of power (branches of government: Legislative and Judgitive)
French

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Rousseau

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Social Contract
Believes civilization and rationalism are destructive
Believes in human rights
French

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Beccaria

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Justice system

French

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Deist

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God doesn’t control everyday life, he just set the world into motion

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Legislative/Judgitive branchs

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makes laws but can be vetoed by the president but if the whole legislative agrees, they can veto him