1. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

2. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
CREATION OF A NEW WORLDVIEW
Questioning of old knowledge & assumptions
Gradual replacement of religious & superstition presumptions
Gradual rise of science & reason

3. 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

4. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS
GALILEO GALILEI ( )
Constructed first telescope
Described motion of bodies on earth

5. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASTRONOMY & PHYSICS
ISAAC NEWTON ( )
Universal Gravitation: combined laws of planetary & earth motion
Numerous practical applications

6. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
DISCOVERIES IN OTHER SCIENCES
Botany: new medical applications
Anatomy: better understand of how human body worked
Microscope invented

7. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
FRANCIS BACON ( )
Inductive reasoning: working from particular to general conclusions
Empiricism & scientific method

8. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
RENÉ DESCARTES ( )
Geometry: any algebraic formula could be plotted as curve in space
Deductive Reasoning: starting with general assumptions & working downward
Cartesian Dualism: division of reality into “thinking substance” & “extended substance”

9. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
POLITICAL THOUGHT
THOMAS HOBBES ( )
Negative, mechanistic view of human nature
Strong sovereign necessary to control conflicting desires
Hobbe’s Leviathan

10. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
POLITICAL THOUGHT
JOHN LOCKE ( )
TABULA RASA: humans born with blank slate
Government & public enter contract