Intellectual Revolution that Defined Society Flashcards
paradigm shift secured
intellectual revolution
scientific beliefs that are widely embraced and accepted
intellectual revolution
replacement of aristotelian ethics and christian morality
intellectual revolution
born with ancient greeks
western science
who was born with western science
ancient greeks
first to explain world in natural laws
western science
who created the body of science theory
aristotle
relied very little on experiments
aristotle’s theories
grafted aristotle’s theories into theology
church
uncovers other greek authors that contradicted aristotle
renaissance scholars
combination generated a cycle that undermined aristotle
pattern of development
slowed down creation of new set of theories
pattern of development
where did nicolas copernicus study
university of pauda in northern italy
copernican revolution
nicolas copernicus
problem = paths of planetary orbits
nicolas copernicus
the revolution of nicolas copernicus is called
copernican revolution
observed = heavens don’t always appear to move in perfect uninterrupted circles
nicolas copernicus
contribution of nicolas copernicus
heavenly bodies
what are retrogrades
move backwards
what are epicycles
smaller circular orbits
model of universe in 1500’s had
80 epicycles
10 crystalline spheres
solution to model of universe
geometric; placed sun at the center
geometric solution to model of universe made epicycles from
80 to 34
greek astronomer
ptolemy