Enlightenment/ Scientific Rev Flashcards
(22 cards)
What were the three works of Francis Bacon?
The Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum, and New Atlantis
Francis bacon used
Inductive reasoning- direct observation
Nicolaus Copernicus coined the idea
Heliocentric: stars and planets revolve around the sun
Who uses deductive reasoning and said “I think therefore I am”?
Rene Descartes
Who develops the three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
Who uses the telescope, makes laws for motion and inertia, writes The Starry Messenger and Dialog on””
Galileo Galilei
Writes Principia, creates Universal Laws that govern the universe and gravity
Isaac Newton
The tabula rosa “blank slate”
John Locke
Morals are derived from experience
John Locke
The spirit of laws, Persian Letters, separation of powers
Montesquieu
What did Montesquieu believe?
That societies and their political institutions could be studied in a scientific manner
Candide, prince of Philosophes, deist- one who believes that god created but not an established church
Voltaire
Philosophes examined
The meaning of life/ God, cause and effect
Encyclopedia, “All things must be examined without exception”
Denis Diderot
Treatise on Humane Nature, “the science of man”
David Hume
On Fabric of the Human Body, Anatomy Physiology
Andreas Vesalius
Motion of the heart and blood (circulation)
William Harvey
English royal society if London
Little government involvement
French royal academy of science
Government control/ finances
The social contract “men are born free yet everywhere they are in chains” Emile
Jean Jacques-Rousseau
Stressed economic implications for land/ rejected mercantilism
Physiocrats
Inquiry into the wealth of Nations, govt should provide defense
Adam smith
