For centuries in the Middle Ages there have been little changes to the scientific knowledge, and the Catholic Church had adopted a system of beliefs that is based on the teachings of the Romans which it had successfully incorporated into their religious doctrine. During this period of time only few scientific inquiries and experimentations were conducted. However, the Renaissance shaped the western societies’ doctrinal passivity entirely. In the early modern period, there was a fundamental change to the understanding of scientific knowledge, which helped in the process of transforming natural philosophy and alchemy to science. The author Hugh Kearney discusses this important transition period of so called “The Scientific Revolution” throughout
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Hugh Kearney briefly talked about the Greek philosophers of Aristotle’s philosophy and his empirical observation, and Galen’s anatomical and medical work. The abstract philosophical concepts were the origin of organic tradition which further enhanced by William Harvey, the “discoverer of the circulation of blood”. The idea of empiricism taught people to rely on hard, concrete and sensible evidence which opens up the minds of young in rival against the religion theorists. The book fast forward few centuries into the era of Scientific Revolution, introducing the audience to the new genius mind William Harvey, who was the crown jewel of the academy of Padua. The book gave references from the book “De Motu Cordis” written by William Harvey, talked at great length about the association with medical tradition which further enriched human’s knowledge of a man or women’s body mechanism under beneath the skin . Hugh Kearney pulled out paragraphs of quotes from Harvey’s reasoning on the contracture of human body through text, making us believe the determination and importance of such discovery, defending Harvey against that who believe in attributing natural effects to chance, and I quote Harvey: “They do not attain to that which is first in the operations of nature and in the generation and nutrition of animals, they do not recognize that efficient case and …show more content…
Kearney describes natural phenomena with traits of regular and predictable, and capable of being understood by mathematical laws. The book introduced another great mind during the Scientific Revolution, Galileo the astronomer genius who developed laws of motion based on empirical experiment. The book also mentioned the one of the great philosopher René Descartes who helped in promoting the mechanistic world view. Blaise Pascal who was a mathematician, an experimenter, and a philosopher in the 17th century. According to Pascal, God occasionally intervenes miraculously, but never interfere with the mechanical laws of nature . Through Kearney’s words, for the society as a whole, the mechanistic philosophy quickly became the most influential tradition in the late 17th and 18th centuries. With the shift in influences, combined with the drastic decrease in the reliance on the traditional religious teachings, led to a period of philosophical activity unparalleled in modern times known as the Enlightenment
Hugh Kearney briefly talked about the Greek philosophers of Aristotle’s philosophy and his empirical observation, and Galen’s anatomical and medical work. The abstract philosophical concepts were the origin of organic tradition which further enhanced by William Harvey, the “discoverer of the circulation of blood”. The idea of empiricism taught people to rely on hard, concrete and sensible evidence which opens up the minds of young in rival against the religion theorists. The book fast forward few centuries into the era of Scientific Revolution, introducing the audience to the new genius mind William Harvey, who was the crown jewel of the academy of Padua. The book gave references from the book “De Motu Cordis” written by William Harvey, talked at great length about the association with medical tradition which further enriched human’s knowledge of a man or women’s body mechanism under beneath the skin . Hugh Kearney pulled out paragraphs of quotes from Harvey’s reasoning on the contracture of human body through text, making us believe the determination and importance of such discovery, defending Harvey against that who believe in attributing natural effects to chance, and I quote Harvey: “They do not attain to that which is first in the operations of nature and in the generation and nutrition of animals, they do not recognize that efficient case and …show more content…
Kearney describes natural phenomena with traits of regular and predictable, and capable of being understood by mathematical laws. The book introduced another great mind during the Scientific Revolution, Galileo the astronomer genius who developed laws of motion based on empirical experiment. The book also mentioned the one of the great philosopher René Descartes who helped in promoting the mechanistic world view. Blaise Pascal who was a mathematician, an experimenter, and a philosopher in the 17th century. According to Pascal, God occasionally intervenes miraculously, but never interfere with the mechanical laws of nature . Through Kearney’s words, for the society as a whole, the mechanistic philosophy quickly became the most influential tradition in the late 17th and 18th centuries. With the shift in influences, combined with the drastic decrease in the reliance on the traditional religious teachings, led to a period of philosophical activity unparalleled in modern times known as the Enlightenment