People of the Enlightenment/Scientific Revolution Flashcards
(34 cards)
Copernicus
On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres
First to believe Heliocentric theory
Brahe
Collected Data that disproved Geocentric theory despite believing in it himself
Kepler
3 laws of planetary motion
Galileo
Dialogue between two chief world systems (jargon) Starry messenger (vernacular)
Paracelsus
Father of modern medicine
“Like Cures Like”
Vesalius
Father of modern anatomy
On the fabric of the human body
William Harvey
On the Motion of Heart and Blood
Heart is the center of the body
Robert Boyle
First controlled expirement
Antione Laviosie
Father of Chemistry
Element naming system
Law of Conservation of matter
Cavendish
Observations upon Experimental Philosophy
Grounds of Natural Philosophy
Maria Merian
Metamorphosis on the Insects of Surinam
Winkleman
Discovered a comet
difficulties at the Berlin Academy
Descartes
Discourse on Method, Deductive Reasoning, Dualism
Bacon
The Great Instauration, Inductive reasoning
Pascal
Pensees,
religion and science separate
Spinoza
Ethics demonstrated in the Geometric Manner
Science is the purist form of religion
Locke
Two Treatise’s on Government
Essay concerning Human understanding (tabla rasa)
Newton
Principia
Newtonian world machine
Invented calculus
Fontenelle
Plurality of the worlds (disguised as a romance novel)
Bayle
Historical and Critical Dictionary
Cook
Travels - Cultural Relativism
Montesquieu
Spirit of the Laws (separation of powers)
Voltiare
Essays on the English (criticized Catholic Dogma)
Smith
Wealth of Nations (challenged mercantilism)