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Martin Luther |
-Address to the nobility -95 thesis -Called out the church for claiming "Divine Right" -Banished -Stays with German Princes |
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Aristotle |
-Physics -MetaPhysics -Logic
-First Geocentric Model of Solar System -First attempt at scientific method (Held until Kepler) |
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Copernicus |
First Heliocentric Model of the universe (Sun at center) |
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Tycho Brahe |
Demonstrated how the universe was imperfect
Discovered and proved existence of supernovas |
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Johannes Keppler |
Took first steps to integrate math and physics
Tried to explain the universe mathematically
-Planets orbit in an ellipse pattern -The relation between distance and intervals -Each planet's distance from sun and orbital pattern were in relation
SHATTERED ARISTOTLE'S SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Also the 5 Platonic Solids (all sides are the same) |
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Galileo (1564) |
Invented the calculator Experimented with pendulum, telescope, and the leaning tower of pisa (terminal velocity)
Planets not perfect
New Scientific Methodology "Nature is written in the language of mathematics" -Flotation -Projectiles (Trajectory)
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Desiderius Erasmus (1496-1536) |
Criticized Luther Became a priest
Humanism -the pursuit of individualism -appreciation of art as a product of man -Realizes, Humans are creative! -Life can be enjoyed
In Praise of Folly
Kind of Satire aimed at the misguided and pompousness of the world. Particularly noblemen and the people that claim to know anything.
Shows how knowledge is impossible and those who claim it are ignorant. |
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Montaigne (1533-1592) |
Started writing Essays "Apology for Raymond Sebond" Advocated for Faith rather than Reason As reason up until that point had not agreed with everyone elses reason. |
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Francis Bacon |
Founder/Started Modern Scientific Theory Empiricism Central Thinker of the English Renaissance 1)Authority 2)Reason 3)Experience
The Power of INDUCTION (Accumulation of Data)
Claims that Science had gotten poor due to The 4 Idols
The Idol of the Tribe: We Look for Patterns The Idol of the Cave: Adopt to fit our worldview The Idol of the Marketplace: A theory behind a name rather than the nature/reality The Idol of the Theater: Allegiance to false schools of thought. "Superstition"
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Descartes |
Skeptic Meditations Proved, that we do know some things. Wants Certainty. |
