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The Scientific Revolution/ The Enlightenment Flashcards

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Johannes kepler

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Three laws of planetary motion,

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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On the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, challenged the geocentric view of the universe,

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Galileo galilei

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Laws of motion and inertia

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Francis Bacon

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The inductive method,

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The inductive method

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Begins with direct observation, produces data, systematically recorded and organized, leads to a hypothesis, retest

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Rene descartes

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The deductive method for the search of truth

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Isaac newton

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Principia,

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Principia

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Cmboned Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, galileo’s laws of inertia, and newton’s laws of gravitation in a single formula

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The Philosophes

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Group of thinkers/writers who espoused enlightened ideas

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Deism

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God created the world but he lets it run by the natural laws

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Voltaire

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Prince of the philosophes, intolerant to organized Christianity,

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Denis Diderot

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The encyclopedia, goal to bring together all of the most current/enlightened thinking

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Baron de Montesquieu

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The Spirit of the Laws

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The spirit of the laws

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Create a social science by applying methods of natural sciences to the study of government, ideal government had executive, legislative,a dn judicial branches

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The Social Contract, a treatise on politics/government, Emile, he foreshadowed the romantic reaction to the Enlightenment

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The French Physiocrats

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Wuestioned mercantilist principles, led by Francois Quesnay, governments should follow laissez-faire form of government

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Adam Smith

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The Wealth of Nations

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The wealth of nations

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Governments must not interfere with with the market,
free markets- economic laws of supply and demand create a self-regulating economic system
The invisible hand

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