Types of Knowledge and methods
The source of knowledge is acquired through experience
Empiricism
First Human beings were nomads, the creation of new techniques improved the living conditions of human groups began
Prehistory
first philosopher of the physis, said that there was an arché or principle of all things
Thales of Miletus
Science that only lives in the human mind
Formal Science
Publishes the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
The foundation of knowledge are the reason and human thought
Rationalism
Old villages were transformed into big cities with architectural constructions, cities began to exchange products with each other
Antiquity
His ideas did not succeed
Aristarchus
Take as an object of study directly the objects and facts of reality
Factual Sciences
Discovered the radioactive elements
Marie Curie
The result of the analysis of the causes and effects of a phenomenon
analytical knowledge
In Europe began the barbarian invasions, Christianity spread thorught Europe. Asian developed the printing press, the windmill etc..
Middle Ages
devised and recorded the first classifications of living beings
Aristotle
Examples of Formal Sciences
Logic and mathematics
Publishes the theory of special relativity
Albert Einstein
analyze the object, phenomenon, or situation, seeking to understand each of its parts to achieve a complete and detailed explanation
deductive method
The ideas of Nicolaus Copernicus were used as an emblem of all scientific progress that detracted from the church
Renaissance
He discovered the atom
Democritus
Examples of Factual Sciences (Natural)
Physics, Biology, Chemistry
Discovered the double helix structure of DNA
James Watson and Francis Crick
starts with observations of particular facts that we relate to reach to a general conclusion
inductive method
Contemporary Age
Convince himself that nothing originates from nothing and what exists cannot be dissapeared
Empedocles of Agrigento
Examples of factual sciences (social)
Psychology, Sociology, Economy
Begins the study of the laws of genetic inheritance
Gregor Mendel