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Scientific Revolution Flashcards

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Who are the 3 auctores?

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Aristotle, Ptolemy, Galen

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Which auctore studied physics?

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Aristotle

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Which auctore studied medicine and anatomy?

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Galen

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Which auctore studied astronomy and geography?

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Ptolemy

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What did Ptolemy create and think?

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Ptolemaic Universe, geocentric system

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What is the geocentric system?

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Idea by Ptolemy that the earth is the center of the universe

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What surrounds and moves the earth in the Ptolemaic Universe?

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Crystalline Spheres

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What is the outermost crystalline sphere in the Ptolemaic Universe that moves all the others?

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Primum Mobile/First Mover

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Who proved Ptolemy and the geocentric system wrong?

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Nicholas Copernicus

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What is the heliocentric system?

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sun is the center of the universe/solar system

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What year was the heliocentric system revealed in Copernicus’ book ‘On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres’ ?

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1543

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How did people explain the inconsistency of planet movement? (why they dont move in perfect circle)

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epicycles

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What are epicycles?

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circles on circles; used to explain planet movement inconsistency

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What did people believe space was made out of?

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celestial matter/5th element/ether/quintessence

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What was the mechanistic universe?

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idea that the universe is like a machine:predictable and always working

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Who made the best observations of the sky without a telescope?

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Tycho Brahe

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What did Tycho Brahe see/discover?

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Nova/exploding star; comets

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What did Tycho Brahe study (in addition to astronomy) that was semi-controversial?

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pseudo science/astrology

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Who was Tycho Brahe’s apprentis?

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Johannes Kepler

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What did Johannes Kepler discover?

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that planets move in ellipses(not perfect circle); that planets change speed

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What is inertia?

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tendency of object to stay still or in motion in straight line at uniform speed until acted on by outside source

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What did Galileo discover relating to physics?

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that weight doesn’t effect the speed of fall; things fall at constant rate of acceleration

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Where/what city did Galileo study?

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Padua, Italy

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What other science did Galileo study? (in addition to physics)

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science of ballistics (projectiles/parabolas)

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Why was Galileo hated?

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saw impurities of the universe and catholic church thought univeres/God’s creation was perfect

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What did Descartes do relating to math?

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created analytic/coordinate geometry

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27
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Who said “I think therefore I am”

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Renne Descartes

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What philosphy did Descartes believe?

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Cartesian Dualism

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What is Cartesian Dualism?

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Idea th at everything is either mind or matter (God=mind, everything else=matter, humans=both)

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Who discovered gravity/made those laws?

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Issac Newton

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What did Newton do?

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discovered gravity; invented Calculas; made a better telescope

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What group did Newton lead?

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Royal Society (Scientific)

33
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What was Newton’s book called?

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Principia

34
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What principal was Francis Bacon in favor of?

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empiricism

35
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What is empiricism?

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the belief that all knowledge is derived from sensory perception of external reality

36
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Who was in favor of empiricism?

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Bacon and Locke

37
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What is pragmatism?

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idea that truth is practical

38
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Who was known as the “trumpeter of a new age”?

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Francis Bacon (philosopher of science)

39
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What did Thomas Hobbes believe?

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humans need gov. because of selfish nature

40
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What is hobbius?

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state of chaos in society/people/government

41
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What is materialism?

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idea that the only thing that exists is matter

42
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What did Hobbes do?

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wrote book about social contract (Leviathan)

43
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What is relativism?

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idea that there is no actual truth - only beliefs

44
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What is rationalism?

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idea that all truth comes from reasoning

45
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Who was known as the “Father of Modern Anatomy”?

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Andreas Vesalius

46
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When was Vesalius’ book ‘On the Fabric of the Human Body’ published?

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1543

47
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What did Vesalius do/discover?

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preformed secret dissections; discovered that Galen’s(auctore) ideas on anatomy were wrong

48
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Who discovered blood circulation?

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William Harvey

49
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What is histology and physiology?

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study of anatomy involving tissues and their structure

50
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Who named Eustation tubes?

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Bartolomeo Eustachi

51
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Who named Fallopian tubes?

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Gabriele Fallopio

52
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Who is known as the “Father of Microbiology”?

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

53
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What did Antonie van Leeuwenhoek do?

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Introduced the micro-world/microbiology

54
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What did Robert Hooke do?

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named the cell

55
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What did Paracelsus study?

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toxicology (chemistry/medicine)

56
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Who is known as the “Father of Modern Chemistry”?

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Robert Boyle

57
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What did Michel de Montaigne do?

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published book about essays; started idea of writing with opinion; skepticism

58
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What is the deductive method of reasoning?

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starting with generalization and ending with specifics

59
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What is the inductive method of reasoning?

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starting with specifics and ending with generatlization

60
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What did people was in the body that affected one’s personality?

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the Four Humors

61
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What were the Four Humors and their meaning?

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Black bile - sadness; Phlegm - calm; Blood - happy; Yellow Bile - mad

62
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What did John Locke believe about government?

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Religion should not be invloved - controversal (but was not against religion in general)

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What 3 things did Locke say are needed in society?

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Life, liberty, and property

64
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What government idea did Locke come up with? (has to do with democracy)

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separation of powers: legislative, exective, judicial

65
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What is deism?

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idea that there is a God but he does not interfere with universe because it is a “clock”; there are no miracles

66
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What did Locke believe related to empiricism?

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tabula rasa - mind is clean slate that experience fills

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What did Blaise Pascal create related to math?

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Pascal’s triangle

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How did Pascal see the world?

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theorist; pure reason leads to dead end; infinite emptiness

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