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L10 Was Aristotle Wrong Flashcards

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Thomas Kuhn

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wrote “The structure of Scientific Revolution”

  • internal approach
    argument: there is no single revolution, there is series of small revolutions called the “paradigm shifts”
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  • he was against the church
  • Improved Ptolemy’s system to make it work with Platonic system (perfect circle movements), moved sun to center of system to eliminate epicycles.
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Nicholas Copernicus

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wrote “Empire and Communications”

  • external approach
    argument: SR was due to free access to knowledge/communication
  • made possible by Gutenberg’s Press
  • removal/bypassing of gatekeepers of knowledge (Roman Catholic Church) after 1450, hence work had greater influence/impact.
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Harold Innis

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“Starry Messenger” published by Galileo

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1610

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“Dialogue” published by Galileo

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1632

  • dialogue between ptolemeic and copernican astronomer
  • pope is ‘idiot’, got in trouble
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Impetus

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1277
Impetus (moving force) imbedded in the object itself and not the mover.
-challenged Aristotelian system: movement of an object ceased when the mover is no longer in contact with it.

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Paradigm shifts

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  1. established science
  2. normal science (puzzle solving process)
  3. novelty/anomaly
  4. crisis in normal established science
  5. emergence of a new paradigm (revolution)
  6. new formal science
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1327

  • built first European clock
  • broke connection between man and the natural world
  • replaced natural cosmos/god with a machine
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Richard of Wallingford

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  1. established science
  2. normal science (puzzle solving process)
  3. novelty/anomaly
  4. crisis in normal established science
  5. emergence of a ew paradigm (revolution)
  6. new formal science
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Paradigm shifts

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Almagest published

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150 AD

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1543
Published “De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” when he died, to avoid church from punishing him
-started scientific revolution, it contradicted the bible/ptolemy, could not be held back due to printing press, large impact.

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Death of Copernicus

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  • Opposed Aristotelian logic and promoted repeatable experimentation
  • published “Starry Messenger”
  • used telescope and saw that sun had spots, planets are not perfect spheres like what Plato said
  • earth moves around the sun, not in center of universe
  • there was no god, or ‘prime mover’
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Galileo Galilei

  • established model of perfect scientist
  • one who defies authority in search for truth
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150 AD

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Almagest published

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1633
If sun is in the middle, then earth is moving at great speed. prove it.
-Galileo uses ocean tides as proof, but was wrong because of Posidonius.

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Galileo called before the Wholly Inquisition

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mechanical philosophy/world view (Galileo’s cosmos and Newtonian laws of motion)

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Clocks led to…

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wrote thesis “puritarianism and the rise of modern science”

  • external approach (one of first people)
    argument: scientific revoution was not caused by scientific endeavors, but by religion (protestants and puritans)
  • SR/IR took place only in protestant countries
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Robert Merton

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  • First to compare universe to a machine (clock)
  • said god is a supreme watchmaker
  • world and universe are perfect machines
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Nicholas Oresme

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  1. Thomas Kuhn
  2. Robert Merton
  3. Edgar Zilsel
  4. Harold Innis
  5. Herbert Butterfield
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5 theories about origins and nature of the Scientific Revoution/modern science:

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1610

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“Starry Messenger” published by Galileo

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1632

  • dialogue between ptolemeic and copernican astronomer
  • pope is ‘idiot’, got in trouble
A

“Dialogue” published by Galileo

21
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Nicholas Oresme

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-First to compare universe to a machine (clock)-said god is a supreme watchmaker-world and universe are perfect machines

22
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Herbert Butterfield

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wrote “the origins of modern science”

  • internal approach
    argument: SR took place in sphere of physics (movement of bodies)
  • took place in medieval Europe 1277 (theory of impetus)
  • shift frmo Aristotelian theory of motion to the medieval concept of impetus
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1277
Impetus (moving force) imbedded in the object itself and not the mover.
-challenged Aristotelian system: movement of an object ceased when the mover is no longer in contact with it.

A

Impetus

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2 major approaches to science

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Internal - Make discoveries without being affected by social factors (independent inventor/inborn genius)
External - External social factors shape development of science (no inborn genius, no independent idea)

25
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Scientific Revolution

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1543-1700 ^ death of copernicus 1543

  • Period of evolution of natural philosophy into modern science
  • shift of question from why the universe works to how it works
26
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Nicholas Copernicus

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  • he was against the church
  • Improved Ptolemy’s system to make it work with Platonic system (perfect circle movements), moved sun to center of system to eliminate epicycles.
27
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Mechanical philosophy

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Galileo/Newton’s approach - cosmology

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1543-1700 ^ death of copernicus 1543

  • Period of evolution of natural philosophy into modern science
  • shift of question from why the universe works to how it works
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Scientific Revolution

29
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Claudius Ptolemy

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  • wrote “almagest” 150 AD

- first mathematical model of cosmos based on geocentrism and epicycles

30
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wrote “The structure of Scientific Revolution”

  • internal approach
    argument: there is no single revolution, there is series of small revolutions called the “paradigm shifts”
A

Thomas Kuhn

31
Q

Galileo Galilei

  • established model of perfect scientist
  • one who defies authority in search for truth
A
  • Opposed Aristotelian logic and promoted repeatable experimentation
  • published “Starry Messenger”
  • used telescope and saw that sun had spots, planets are not perfect spheres like what Plato said
  • earth moves around the sun, not in center of unviverse-there was no god, ot ‘prime mover’
32
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Galileo called before the Wholly Inquisition

A

1633
If sun is in the middle, then earth is moving at great speed. prove it.
-Galileo uses ocean tides as proof, but was wrong because of Posidonius.

33
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1642

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Galileo dies in house arrest

34
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Harold Innis

A

wrote “Empire and Communications”

  • external approach
    argument: SR was due to free access to knowledge/communication
  • made possible by Gutenberg’s Press-removal/bypassing of gatekeepers of knowledge (Roman Catholic Church) after 1450, hence work had greater influence/impact.
35
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Galileo dies in house arrest

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1642

36
Q

wrote “the origins of modern science”

  • internal approach
    argument: SR took place in sphere of physics (movement of bodies)
  • took place in medieval Europe 1277 (theory of impetus)
  • shift frmo Aristotelian theory of motion to the medieval concept of impetus
A

Herbert Butterfield

37
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Internal - Make discoveries without being affected by social factors (independent inventor/inborn genius) External - External social factors shape development of science (no inborn genius, no independent idea)

A

2 major approaches to science

38
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Richard of Wallingford

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1327

  • built first european clock
  • broke connection between man and the natural world
  • replaced natural cosmos/god with a machine
39
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Galileo/Newton’s approach - cosmology

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Mechanical philosophy

40
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  • wrote “almagest” 150 AD

- first mathematical model of cosmos based on geocentrism and epicycles

A

Claudius Ptolemy

41
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5 theories about origins and nature of the Scientific Revoution/modern science:

A
  1. Thomas Kuhn
  2. Robert Merton
  3. Edgar Zilsel
  4. Harold Innis
  5. Herbert Butterfield
42
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Clocks led to…

A

mechanical philosophy/world view(Galileo’s cosmos and Newtonian laws of motion)

43
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Edgar Zilsel

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wrote :the sociological origins of modern science”

  • external approachargument:SR started by craftsmen who became scientists (which is not true)
    1. they came up with theories on how machines work - instructions
    2. experimentation - trial and error, observation, record keeping, communication
    3. actual work/interaction with the devices
44
Q

wrote :the sociological origins of modern science”

  • external approachargument:SR started by craftsmen who became scientists (which is not true)
    1. they came up with theories on how machines work - instructions
    2. experimentation - trial and error, observation, record keeping, communication
    3. actual work/interaction with the devices
A

Edgar Zilsel

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Robert Merton

A

wrote thesis “puritarianism and the rise of modern science”

  • external approach (one of first people)
    argument: scientific revoution was not caused by scientific endeavors, but by religion (protestants and puritans)
  • SR/IR took place ony in protestant countries
46
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Death of Copernicus

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1543
Published “De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” when he died, to avoid church from punishing him
-started scientific revolution, it contradicted the bible/ptolemy, could not be held back due to printing press, large impact.

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