Science Before Greeks Flashcards
What happened by 3500 BC?
The wheel was invented
Connection between seasons and some astronomical phenomena was discovered
Metal smelting, pottery, tool making, employment of simple machines, writing, basic mathematics were developed
Therapeutic herbs were discovered
What were Greek philosophies and observations not based on?
Scientific Models
What is presentism?
Employment of present-day ideas and perspectives in interpretation of the past, a Whiggish History
Before the invention of writing, what was prehistoric culture?
It was oral
What is the idea that thoughts are expressed with relatively close reference to the human life world
reduction to the familiar
In Preliterate tradition, there was a lack of conception of what?
Laws of Nature - Natural Laws, not discovered until Newton
Everything was personalized. The cause of wind can come from my mouth so there must be a person bigger than me to produce wind storms
There was no ___and___ theory in medicine
cause and effect, generally in most practices
By 3000 BC, what appeared?
a system of word signs, logograms
By 1500 BC, what appeared?
Syllabic systems appeared about 1500 BC
By 800 BC, what appeared?
A fully alphabetic writing
What was a prerequisite for philosophy and science?
writing
Development of philosophy and science was a function of what
the efficiency of the system of writing
What can develop within an efficient language and writing system
sophisticated concepts like psychology
Where were the earliest roots of Western Science found?
Mesopotamia
Where did the Greeks believe math originated from
Egypt and Mesopotamia
