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Scientific Revolution a period of time between the 1500-1700 in which the foundation of modern science were established in Western Europe.
Nicolas Copernicus he created the Heliocentric model of the Universe. Noticed that the stars were in a different spot each night so the Earth couldn't be the center of the Universe
William Harvey first person to completely describe the circulation of blood in the body. he cut of the circulation in your arm to watch your veins
Galileo created the first telescope and discovered the phases of Venus, the discovery of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, and the observation and analysis of sunspots
Johannes Kepler best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers.
Sir Francis Bacon English astronomer who has been called the father of empiricism.[2] His works established and popularized inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method, or simply the scientific method.
Rene Descartes The Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy, and important to the evolution of natural sciences. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism. Father of modern Science
Sir Isaac Newton English physicist who created the foundation for classical mechanics. His most famous works were universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
The Age of Enlightenment the new trends and thoughts of Europe and the new American colonies. The works of many philosophers, scientists, and writers. there Ideas led to the begging of the new science
John Locke english philosopher. believed that knowledge came from everyday experience, scientific observation, and common sense. EAch individual is a blank slate and that their experiences make them who they are
Thomas Hobbes english political philosopher. best known for the treatise Leviathan
philopsophes concept of progress
progress in the human world, development in knowledge, overcoming ignorance, overcoming human cruelity and violence
deism Deism is a term coined in the philosophe movement and applies to two related ideas, religion should be reasonable and should result in the highest moral behavior of its adherents; b) the human world has nothing to do with religion
tolerance The greatest human crimes, as far as the philosophes were concerned, have been perpetrated in the name of religion and the name of God.
Jean Jacques Rousseau created the social contract. he thought that if everyone would join there thoughts together they could base a government off of that
Mary Wollstonecraft wanted more rights for women. she said that women were to afraid to think for themselves. they couldnt show emotion because that is considered crazy.
The Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this in the 18th century. She argues saying that women should have the same rights that mean do. In the Vindication she also says that women should be able to be educated like men
The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract. In it he says that all men should unite all of their ideas to form a government. With this, no one will personally feel attacked because it will affect more then one person. EX- democrat and republican
The General Will the basis for social contract. EX- voting. You as the people are showing the Nation who you want to be the ruler.
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