Chapter 2: Prelims Flashcards
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A KNOWLEDGE INVOLVING GENERAL TRUTHS AND GENERAL LAWS THAT IS TAKEN FROM A SYSTEMATIC STUDY WHICH IS CONCERNED WITH EVIDENCES AND THEORIES
Science
A means to fulfill a human purpose, assemblage of practices and components
Technology
Is the use or application of scientific knowledge for a specific goal or purpose
Technology
Thought that people should use knowledge to improve themselves, believed there was no absolute right or wrong
Sophists
Developed the art of public speaking and debate
Sophists
A critic of the sophists, believed there is an absolute right or wrong
Socrates
He rejected the idea of democracy as a form of government, Philosopher-kings should rule.
Plato
He introduced the idea that government should be fair and just
Plato
His methods influenced the way teachers interact with their students
Socrates
Golden mean, He believed observation and comparison were necessary to gain knowledge
Aristotle
He wrote 200 books that helped our constitution
Aristotle
Taught that happiness was the goal in life
Epicureans/ Epicurus
Taught that happiness came from following reason not emotions
Zeno (stoics)
People who are not greatly affected by joy or grief. They put duty above feelings
Stoics
Challenges of science
Copernican
Darwinian
Freudian
Information age
Copernican revolution : who?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernican theory proposed:?
Heliocentricism
Geocentric model by who:?
Claudius Ptolemy= Ptolemaic system
Darwinian evolution
Charles Darwin
Darwin’s book
The origin of species (1859)
Darwinian revolution states that:
Species adapt and evolve according to to their environment
Freudian Revolution
Psychoanalysis
Says that persons development is determined by events in early childhood
Sigmund freud
Human behavior is largely influenced by by irrational drives (unconscious)
Freudian psychoanalysis
