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Lesson 1: Historical Antecedents Flashcards

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1
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This field of study encompasses the knowledge about the nature of the universe

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Science

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systematic knowledge and its application to industrial process

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Technology

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the sum total of all human interaction

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Society

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science presented as systematic explanations and observations

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Science as an Idea

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science as systematic observations and experimentation

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science as an intellectual activity

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Science as an activity done by humans to understand the world around them

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Science as a personal actvitiy

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Who conceived the idea that the earth was the center of the universe

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Ptolemy

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He believed that the universe was heliocentric

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Copernicus

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Provided evidence for the heliocentric theory

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Tycho Brahe

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He supported Brahe and discovered that planets bave elliptical orbits

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Johannes Kepler

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He was the imventor of the Telescope

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Galileo Galilei

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Developed in the early 1600s to confirm or deny hypotheses

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The Scientific Method

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Parts of the Scientific Method

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Observation
Question
Experiment
Analysis
Conclusion

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He used math to prove the existence of Gravity

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Isaac Newton

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He perfected the microscope

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Anton van Leeuekhoek

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He popularized the Scientific method

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Francis Bacon

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He believed that Human reasoning is the best road to understanding

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Rene Decartes

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He discovered the effect of temperature and pressure on gasses

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Robert Boyle

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He wrote the first accurate book on anatomy

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Andrea Versalius

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He described blood circulation

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William Harvey

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Timeline of Western Intellectual History

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Ancient
Hellenistic
Roman
Medieval
Renaissance
Modern
Post-Modern

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He laid the groundwork for western systems of logic

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Socrates

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laid foundations for democracy

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Plato

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Focuses On systematic concepts of logic and taught the golden mean

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Aristotle

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They believe that the use of knowledge is necessary to improve themselves and that there is no absolute right or wrong

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Sophists

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they believe that happiness is the end goal

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Epicureans

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they believe that happiness comes from following reason and not emotion

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Stoics

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he compose the seminal work of christian neoplatonism

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Origen of Alexandria

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He infused christian teaching with neoplatonism

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St. Agustine

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