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33 Cards in this Set
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Andrew Celsius
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Invented measurement of temperature - Celsius.
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Aristotelian World View
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Motionless earth was fixed at center of universe, God was beyond.
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Candide
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Written by Voltaire, satirizing society and organized religion in Europe.
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Deductive Reasoning
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Descartes, doubt everything and use deductive reasoning. Reasoning based on facts. Combined with empiricism to create scientific method.
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Deism
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God built the Universe and let it run. Clockmaker theory.
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Descartes
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(1596-1650) French philosopher. Discovered analytic geometry. Saw that algebra and geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical. Mechanistic universe
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Discourse on Methods
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Written by Descartes (1677), espoused deductive reasoning.
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Discourses on the Origins of Inequalities
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Written by Rousseau, discusses the innocence of man and his corruption by society.
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Empiricism
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Bacon's theory of inductive reasoning.
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Enlightened despot
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Enlightened ruler. Catherine the Great, Frederick the Great.
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Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Written by Locke, tabula rasa theory.
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Francis Bacon
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(1561-1626) English politician, writer. Formalized the empirical method. Novum Organum. General theory of Inductive reasoning.
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
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Developed measurement of temperature with freezing at 32 degrees.
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Galileo Galilei
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Created modern experimental method. Formulated the law of inertia. Tried for heresy and forced to recant. Saw Jupiter’s moons. Wrote "Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World."
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Geocentric Theory
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Earth is the center of the universe. Aristotelian.
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Gresham College
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Located in England. Leading place for the advancement of science. First time scientists had a honored roll in society; center of scientific activity.
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Heliocentric Theory
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Sun is the center of the universe. Coperican
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Humanitarianism
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Promoting human welfare and social reform.
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Inductive Reasoning
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Baconian empiricism. Based speculations on other situations. Observed things and make theory about them.
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Isaac Newton
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English scientist. 3 Laws of motion. Mathematics Principal of Natural Philosophy (1687).
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Montesquieu
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French philosopher. Wrote "The Spirit of Laws." Said "Power checks power". Believed in the separation of powers. Form of government varies according to climate.
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Natural Law
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Universal law that could be understood by applying reason; letting people govern themselves.
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Nicolaus Copernicusv
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(1473-1543) Polish clergyman. Sun was the center of the universe and the planets went around it. Wrote "On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres." Destroyed Aristotle's view of the universe - heliocentric theory.
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Ptolemy’s System
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Last great ancient astronomer; there was a place for God. Complicated rules used to explain minor irregularities in the movement of the planets.
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Robert Boyle
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(1627-1691) Physicist, believes nothing can be known beyond all doubt.
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Rococo
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Art style that focuses on pastels, ornate interiors, and sentmental portraits.
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Second Treatise of Government
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Written by Locke. Government is created to protect life, liberty, and property.
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The Royal Society of London
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Established by Charles II in 1662; its purpose is to help the sciences.
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The Social Contract
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Written by Rousseau; has suggestions in reforming the political system and modeled after the Greek polis.
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The Spirit of Laws
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Wirtten by Montesquieu, was about separation of powers.
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Tycho Brahe
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(1546-1601) Established himself as Europe's foremost astronomer of his day; made detailed observations of new star of 1572.
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Voltaire
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French philosopher, perhaps greatest Enlightenment thinker. Deist. Mixed glorification and reason with an appeal for better individuals and institutions. Wrote "Candide." Believed enlightened despot best form of government.
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William Harvey
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Englishman who announced blood circulates throughout the body.
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