Lesson 1: Historical Antecedents Flashcards
This field of study encompasses the knowledge about the nature of the universe
Science
systematic knowledge and its application to industrial process
Technology
the sum total of all human interaction
Society
science presented as systematic explanations and observations
Science as an Idea
science as systematic observations and experimentation
science as an intellectual activity
Science as an activity done by humans to understand the world around them
Science as a personal actvitiy
Who conceived the idea that the earth was the center of the universe
Ptolemy
He believed that the universe was heliocentric
Copernicus
Provided evidence for the heliocentric theory
Tycho Brahe
He supported Brahe and discovered that planets bave elliptical orbits
Johannes Kepler
He was the imventor of the Telescope
Galileo Galilei
Developed in the early 1600s to confirm or deny hypotheses
The Scientific Method
Parts of the Scientific Method
Observation
Question
Experiment
Analysis
Conclusion
He used math to prove the existence of Gravity
Isaac Newton
He perfected the microscope
Anton van Leeuekhoek
He popularized the Scientific method
Francis Bacon
He believed that Human reasoning is the best road to understanding
Rene Decartes
He discovered the effect of temperature and pressure on gasses
Robert Boyle
He wrote the first accurate book on anatomy
Andrea Versalius
He described blood circulation
William Harvey
Timeline of Western Intellectual History
Ancient
Hellenistic
Roman
Medieval
Renaissance
Modern
Post-Modern
He laid the groundwork for western systems of logic
Socrates
laid foundations for democracy
Plato
Focuses On systematic concepts of logic and taught the golden mean
Aristotle
They believe that the use of knowledge is necessary to improve themselves and that there is no absolute right or wrong
Sophists
they believe that happiness is the end goal
Epicureans
they believe that happiness comes from following reason and not emotion
Stoics
he compose the seminal work of christian neoplatonism
Origen of Alexandria
He infused christian teaching with neoplatonism
St. Agustine
