History and Modern Systems Flashcards
Thales
Basic substance is water
Anaximenes
Basic substance is air
Anaximander
Basic substance is “potential”, boundless higher power
Heraclitus
Continual change
Democritus
Atoms
Paramendes
Change is an illusion
Socrates
Nature of human existence
Plato
Dualist, knowledge obtained through reasoning only, pure forms (ideas) -> manifestations of forms
Galileo
Primary qualities (described mathematically)/ secondary qualities (love, anger) = irrelevant to scientific inquiry
Newton
6 principles of science
Darwin
Evolution
Empiricism
Truth through sensory experiences
Rationalism
Truth through rationale/rules
A Theory Is
Parsimonious (simple)
Falsifiable (Be able to be proven wrong)
Utility (Useful)
Ontological
What is real?