Pre-Socratics
Monists including Thales and Anaximander.
What was the Milesean School?
For points: Identify the time frame or the "substances" in question.
Man behind scientific revolutions
Who was Thomas Kuhn?
For points: Describe science (3 segments) / Identify 3 key terms
Developed the theory of two perfect circles.
Who was Claudius Ptolemy?
For points: Who was the initial planetary model based off of?
Head of Translation at the House of Wisdom
Who is Hunayn ibn Ishaq?
For points: What languages did he speak? or what is his place in reference to other scholars?
Archbishop that assisted Charlemagne's expansion of education.
Who is Gerbert of Aurillac?
For points: Describe relationship to Monestaries
Prevalent Pluralist from early 5th century BCE.
Who was Empedocles?
For points: Identify the roots.
Man behind Falsification Theory
Who was Karl Popper?
For points: Describe "real science" according to Popper
Author of Natural History (77-79)
Who was Pliny the Elder?
For points: Why was this important for history?
Inventor of the base ten system
Who is Al-Khwarizmi?
For points: Contemporary of whom?
Abbess
Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
For points: Describe scientific endeavors
Developing atomism in the late 5th century BCE.
Who was Democritus?
For points: Describe atomism or identify what is determinism?
Scientists just die
Who was Max Planck?
For points: Identify rough area on the timeline
Blending natural philosophy with theology, with a distinct emphasis on theology.
Or, founder of Christian Aristotelianism
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
For points: Identify two key points of his theories / Describe Christian Aristotelianism
Assisted in adoption of Hindu numerals and translation
Who is Al-Kindi?
For points: What was Al-Kindi's other scientific work? / Contemporary of whom?
Who is Gerard of Cremona?
For points: What was he seeking in Spain?
The man behind the idea that the universe is based on math.
Who was Pythagoras?
For points: Identify a key feature beyond "math"
The idea that theories cannot be tested in isolation.
What was the Duhem-Quine Thesis?
For points: Offer an example in relation to a historical event / identify theory in a rough timeline
Commentator
Who is Albert the Great?
For points: Describe two key theories / Identify rough timeline
Experimentor
Who is Alhazen?
For points: Describe scientific achievement.
First Chancellor of Oxford
Who is Robert Grosseteste?
For points: Describe relationship to science within institutions
Those who view change as an illusion.
Who were the Eleatics?
OR Who was Parmenides? / Who was Zeno?
For points: Describe Achilles and the Tortoise; who and when?
Underdetermination
Who was David Hume?
For points: Explain underdetermination
All incompatibilities between theology and philosophy are due to human error.
Who is Roger Bacon?
For points: Describe two key facts.
Invented Tusi Couple
Who is Al-Tusi?
For points: Describe the Tusi couple
Who is Siger of Brabant?