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22 Cards in this Set
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Anaximanders solar system |
Sun is huge mass, system of celestial bodies, sun far from earth |
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Empericism |
All knowledge comes from human senses |
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Methodical naturalism |
Nothing supernatural exists |
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Aristotle contribution to scientific method |
Measurement and observation, thought and reasoning supported by real world findings |
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Aristotle classification |
Classified by traits |
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Scala naturae |
Great chain of being |
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Teleology |
Account of a things purpose |
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Catastrophism |
Changes in earths crust a result of violent events |
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Uniformitarianism |
Changes in earths crust result of continuous and uniform processes |
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Superposition |
Oldest structure at bottom |
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Succession |
Order in which species colonize a new area |
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Transmutation |
One species becomes another species |
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Buffon |
Some species went extinct |
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Cuvier |
Species went extinct in huge catastrophes |
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Lyell |
Species went extinct gradually |
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Linnaeus |
Father of taxonomy |
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William paley |
Christian apologist |
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Archetype |
Fundamental structure for group of organisms |
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Homology |
Shared ancestry between pair if structures or genes |
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Natural theology |
Knowledge of god based on facts and experience |
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Incorrect theories of lamarck |
inheritance of acquired characteristics, spontaneous generation |
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huttons contribution to geology |
uniformitarianism |
