Scientific revolution

The scientific revolution and the Enlightenment enabled the criticism of existing problems in France and Colonial America and thus inspired and materialized revolutions in both countries; after these great revolutions, Napoleon Bonaparte appeared as the logical result of Rousseau’s totalitarian thought. Many problems afflicted Colonial America and France, including taxation, political and social tensions, the tyranny of the monarch, and the power of the church. The scientific revolution and the…

The scientific revolution was knowns for its contribution that knowledge should be acquired through experimentation and observation. During this time, Europeans’ thought that if they put their effort to invest in science, that this was a way of learning how the universe was created. At this time, Europe knowledge began to advances into the understanding of the natural world through science. Along the way, the scientific revolution paved a way into political, social, and religious social systems.…

From his work in various fields such as astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy, Galileo Galilei is widely known as one of the key individuals of the Renaissance era’s Scientific Revolution, What many people do not know, however, is that Galileo was a victim of the Roman Inquisition. The documents of this trial, named “From the Later-Trial Documents (1632-33)”, were requested to be recorded by His Holiness Pope Urban VIII, and written mostly by the Holy Order. Galileo may have also written, or at…

Reflection prompt #3 Tareque Mehdi EDUC 800 Ways of Knowing Imagine a conversation between Kuhn and Descartes: what would Kuhn say to Descartes about his Discourse? Many have argued that Descartes created a scientific revolution. Does it meet Kuhn’s attributes? Why or why not? Additionally, note what specifically about Kuhn’s perspective helps you understand how we come to know? If I imagine a conversation between Kuhn and Descartes, upon closely looking at their publications, I believe…

of democracy, and the Industrial Revolution may have eventually led to the technological marvel that is the cell phone, but equally important is the movement sparked in their opposition. Through the minds of Locke, Montesquieu, Whitney and Watt, the modern ages of government and technology were born, but not all at the time were completely in favor of these ideas. In fact, there was an artistic movement that began as a response to these glorious thought revolutions. This movement is called…

There were many extraordinary things about these too chapters. We started talking about the scientific revolution in the last chapter, and then went right into the enlightenment period. Both are extremely powerful, and educational events. Since science had popularized in the years before the enlightenment extraordinary people like Newton, and Locke became a source of education for many. It was said that Newton was known as the “greatest and realist genius that ever rose for the ornament and…

upended with the Scientific Revolution. The commonly accepted Geocentric model of the universe was disproved with observations that suggested that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the solar system, challenging centuries of religious dogma. The scientific method, which remains in use today, arose out of this period, emphasizing the use of observation and experimentation to make conclusions about the world. As a result of three preceding movements, the Scientific Revolution arose. The…

emergence of the Scientific Revolution in the mid 16th century featured a new emphasis on sense as early scientists began to qualify nature according to what they learned through experimentation and observation. Moreover, many have also correlated the rise of the scientific method with the growth of humanism and humanists’ emphasis on the individual and reason. However, as the Baconian method reduced the human to a series of basic and instinctual senses, the Scientific Revolution demonstrated a…

The Scientific Revolution caused a lot of conflicts with the Catholic Church that was slowly losing power in Europe. The Renaissance introduced a lot of different innovations, philosophies, and ways to think about religion and government. Humanism was a way of basing things on evidence and not supernatural. Also humanists thought that human choice changed history and not supernatural beings. Scientists like Copernicus and Galileo had troubles with the church trying to spread information on how…

fields. The Renaissance involved a different attitude about the world, one which focussed upon the human being rather than the gods, a humanistic natural viewpoint as opposed to a supernatural one. This change in attitude was essential to the scientific revolution. The Catholics oppressed Galileo for his convictions, in the long run banned him and just said they weren't…