Philosophers
He believed he existed because he experienced thought.
Who was Descartes?
He discovered the law of gravity.
Who was Isaac Newton?
This theory states that the sun is at the center of the universe.
What is the heliocentric theory?
Francis Bacon is said to be the one who devised this method.
What is the scientific method?
This revolution led to the Enlightenment.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
He said man had natural rights to life, liberty and property.
Who was John Locke?
He is called the father of modern science.
Who was Francis Bacon?
This system of philosophy required sensory perception to arrive at truths.
What is empiricism?
Newton said the universe had to be this because of gravity.
What is infinite?
This is another name for the Enlightenment.
What is the Age of Reason?
He believed an encyclopedia was necessary to attain knowledge.
Who was Denis Diderot?
This mathematician invented analytic geometry
Who was Descartes?
This system of philosophy was used by David Hume.
What is skepticism?
This system of coordinates connects algebra and geometry.
What is the Cartesian coordinate system?
This religious philosophy argued that God did not interfere in nature.
What is Deism?
He said Enlightenment released man from self-incurred tutelage.
Who was Immanuel Kant?
He is credited with the heliocentric theory of the universe.
Who was Nicholas Copernicus?
This is the study of knowing.
What is epistemology?
Newton devised this system of mathematics to understand motion of the planets.
What is calculus?
This is how Voltaire described the age in which Bacon lived.
What is scholastic barbarity?
This deist said religion exists only to keep mankind in order.
Who was Voltaire?
He was Voltaire's favorite scientist.
Who was Isaac Newton?
John Locke believed the human brain was this at birth.
What is a blank slate?
The year Newton published Mathematica Principia.
What is 1687?
The Enlightenment led to this revolution.
What is the French Revolution?