Enloghtenment And Scientific Revolution Quiz Flashcards
Who were the two men that came up the scientific method?
Bacon and decarte
Who was a strong believer in popular sovereignty?
Rousseau
What does tabula rosa mean and what was Locke’s argument.
It means blank slate, Locke believed that people were born with a blank slate, that they were innocent but society shaped them into being bad and corrupt. Therefore character and the mind is a product of sensory input.
What did Galileo observe that Newton did not?
Galileo observed that jupitar had moons, thus he reasoned that the whole universe could not revolve around the earth. Basically saying that humans and the earth are not the center of the universe. He also observed the moon and its craters, proving that the moon was no perfectly spherical.
Why is the enlightenment so troubling for us christains?
People began to question God, and derive their answers from themselves. So they began to rely more on man and deny the existence of spiritual world.
What’s the difference between the scientific revolution and the enlightenment.
The scientific revolution focused more on the world around people or the things around you. While the enlightenment focused on the things people do and think, like their economics and theology.
What were the causes of the scientific revolution
- MEDIEVlL UNIVERSITIES began to provide majors like math and science where u did have to learn of theology, it was more efficient and you learned more, this set the framework for scientific discoveries
- THE RENEISSANCE, textual analysis brought back ancient works of mathematics.
- NAVIGATIONAL PROBLEMS, explorers were having problems with navigational tools so people to look for new equipment to navigate
- SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY, provided s framework op for scientists to experiment, share, and get results, also led to modern scientific reasoning
What did Copernicus think about the universe?
He believed the universe was heliocentric, this mean that the sun was the center of the universe and the stars do not move.
Who was Anton van leweinhook
He vas ze father of ze microsope, and von of ze first people to look into ze microsope
What would Descartes and Baylee agree upon?
They would both agree that people should skeptize and doubt things, decartes thought this was good for science and general knowladge while bake said that people should be able to speak up and a Giants the church and question them.
What is Cartesian dualism
The separation of matter and mind, or spiritual and physical
