THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
CREATION OF A NEW WORLDVIEW Questioning of old knowledge & assumptions Gradual replacement of religious & superstition presumptions Gradual rise of science & reason
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS PTOLEMY: Geocentricism NICOLAUS COPERNICUS ( ): Heliocentrisim TYCHO BRAHE ( ): More accurate position of planets JOHANNES KEPLER, ( ): Elliptical planetary movement
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS GALILEO GALILEI ( ) Constructed first telescope Described motion of bodies on earth
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS ISAAC NEWTON ( ) Universal Gravitation: combined laws of planetary & earth motion Numerous practical applications
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION DISCOVERIES IN OTHER SCIENCES Botany: new medical applications Anatomy: better understand of how human body worked Microscope invented
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT FRANCIS BACON ( ) Inductive reasoning: working from particular to general conclusions Empiricism & scientific method
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT RENÉ DESCARTES ( ) Geometry: any algebraic formula could be plotted as curve in space Cartesian Dualism: division of reality into “thinking substance” & “extended substance” Deductive Reasoning: starting with general assumptions & working downward
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION POLITICAL THOUGHT THOMAS HOBBES ( ) Negative, mechanistic view of human nature Strong sovereign necessary to control conflicting desires Hobbe’s Leviathan
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION POLITICAL THOUGHT JOHN LOCKE ( ) TABULA RASA: humans born with blank slate Government & public enter contract