Lesson 2: Intellectual Revolutions that Define Society Flashcards
His work was often cited as the beginning of the Scientific Revolution
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun
Heliocentrism
This was Ptolemy’s concept where the Earth is said to be at the center and not the Sun
Geocentrism
An English naturalist and biologist in the 19th century. He published his book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859 which opened the idea of evolution as the central theme of biology.
Charles Darwin
An Austrian neurologist in the late 19th to early 20th Century
Sigmund Freud
The Mind’s 3 Components
Id, Ego, Superego
This is the part that makes you do what you want right away
Id
A part that makes sure that you don’t do whatever you want right away
Ego
Conscience; deals with what is right of wrong
Superego
What concept from the Catholic church did Charles Darwin defies after publishing his theory?
Creationism
Name of the book that was publish by Charles Darwin that opened ideas of evolution as the central theme of biology
On the Origin of the Species
This was founded by Sigmund Freud in order to understand the human’s inner life
Psychoanalysis