Philosophy 50

Question 0

What was modern science’s culminating triumph over religion?

Answer 0

Darwin’s theory of evolution brought the origin of nature’s species and man himself within the compass of natural science and the modern outlook

Question 1

What did the Renaissance leave behind?

Answer 1

The ancient and medieval world views

Question 2

What change does point one make?

Answer 2

God was distantly removed from the physical universe, which was now impersonal and governed by natural laws

Question 3

What changes does point two present?

Answer 3

The physical world was now stressed over the spiritual and transcendent

Question 4

What changes does point three present?

Answer 4

Science replaced religion as the pertinent intellectual authority

Question 5

What changes does point four present?

Answer 5

The world derived orders from nature’s material patterning by means of the human mind’ sown resources, and the subject mind and objective world were now fundamentally distinct

Question 6

What changes does point five present?

Answer 6

The order of the modern cosmos was comprehensible by man’s rational and empirical faculties alone (not emotional)

Question 7

What changes does point six present?

Answer 7

Astronomy and astrology were severed, and symbolic significance was removed from the universe