Astronomy and Mathematics
An approach based on observation, experimentation and reasoning.
What is the Scientific Method?
Emphasized atomical research, including the dissection of the human body. His findings were published in the On the Fabric of the Human Body.
Who is Andreas Vesalius
Deductive Reasoning moving from the general to the specific. Things only exist because we believe they exist.
Who is Rene Descartes
A physiocrat who believed that the state should not get involved in the economy
Who is Adam Smith
There were over 2,000 of these in London, allowing people of all social status a place to exchange and discuss ideas.
What are coffeehouses
Believed that the planets revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits.
Who is Johannes Kepler
Said that the circulatory system carried only one type of blood and that arteries carried blood away from the heart and veins carried blood towards the heart
Who is William Harvey
Inductive reasoning, specific to general. Believed scholars should combine careful observation and systematic experimentation to collect small bits of information.
Who is Sir Francis Bacon
Every person is born with a blank mind. The government's job is to protect the natural rights to life, liberty and property.
Who is John Locke
Believed that God was a clockmaker who put the universe in motion and then stepped back and let it run. People should be tolerant and against tyranny and believed in freedom or speech and religion.
Who is Voltaire
Wrote Principia Mathematica and developed universal laws of Gravitation and motion
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
Did dissections to learn about human anatomy but was usually wrong. Believed that circulation began in the liver and there were 2 types of blood in the body.
Who is Galen
A philosophical movement of people impressed by the scientific revolution and the use of reason
What was the enlightenment
The Social Contract. Everyone has to agree with the will of the majority. Once the contract is made everyone has to live with it.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau
These were gatherings in France were people could exchange ideas, usually hosted by influential women like Madame Geoffrin.
What are salons
Believed that the sun was near the center of the universe. All planets revolved around the sun and rotated on their axes. Planetary revolutions were circular
Who is Nicholas Copernicus
Father of modern Chemistry, helped create the metric system, proposed that mass never changes even if shape changes
Who is Antoine Lavoisier
Government should have a separation of powers and that should be checks to stop absolutism.
Whoi s Montesquieu
He abolished serfdom in Austria and was considered an enlightened despot.
Who was Joseph II
Believed that the sun was center of the universe, that all planets revolve around the sun. Created the first telescope and published his work in the Starry Messenger.
Who is Galileo
Considered a philosopher because women weren't allowed to perform scientific experimentation. Believed that reason did not make humans superior to nature. Published books about philosophical debates about scientific knowledge.
Who is Margaret Cavendish.
Wrote Crime and Punishments, argued to abolish torture and is considered the Father of the Criminal Justice system.
Who is Beccaria
Jane Austen and Mozart were part of this artistic movement at the end of the 18th century.
What is Neoclassicism