Scientific Developments
Physical Science Advances in medicine Developments in Thermodynamics Organic Chemistry Different Applications Why important?
Social Science Definition:
Positivism Auguste Comte ( ) System of Positive Philosophy Theory: All intellectual Activity progresses through predictable stages 1. theological (fictitious) 2. metaphysical (abstract) 3. scientific (positive)
Darwinism and Discounting Religion Early works on evolution Charles Lyell (geologist, ) Jean Baptiste Lamark ( )
Charles Darwin Collected data from trips to Latin America and South Pacific Chance differences between species means some survive and some die out “survival of the fittest” or Natural Selection
Freud and Psychology Sigmund Freud ( ) Developed psychoanalysis Problems begin in the family Hypnosis can help Human behavior is motivated by unconscious, emotional needs These are kept from becoming conscious by mental devices (defense mechanisms)
Major Beliefs 1. Oedipus v. Elektra complex 2. use of dreams to uncover hidden desires 3. unconscious energy = sexual energy 4. all humans have and ID, EGO, and a SUPEREGO 5. consistent, psychosexual development
Discussion 1. What are these ideas trying to move away from/What are they a response to? 2. Why are some of these ideas revolutionary? 3. What can they lead Europe towards?