science

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

• modern science began to emerge between 16th & 18th century
• evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics, neuroscience had changes during this time
• most of the ‘modern’ scientists were religious & didn’t see their work conflicting either christian teaching
• assumption that world was orderly & intelligible and a willingness to challenge allowed science to rise
• human reasoning previously seen as giving support for divine order but now follows own agenda
• authority of religion challenged with changing of human reason & challenged view that human reason was ‘fallen’

Question 2

evidence & reason in science

Answer 2

• empiricism is viewed as all knowledge starts from sense experience
• rationalism is view all knowledge starts with process of human thought
• francis bacon & isaac newton believe knowledge started worth observation & evidence
• descartes idea of systematic doubt is sense can sometimes deceive us & he doubted that all empirical evidence
• his only certain knowledge was of himself as a thinking being