UNIT 3. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS Flashcards
(28 cards)
The concept of science was enunciated in…? And by..?
1939, by Alexandre Koyré
Alexander Koyré defend the …
nuova scienza
After WWII the scientific revolution was widely shared by…? With what books?(2)
R.Hall - The Scientific Revolution
T.Kuhn - The Structure of scientific Revolution
In 1450 and 1550 the humanists turned towards antiquity to:
- Draw inspiration
- Recovery original knowledge
- Purify the texts (“Arabs unpurify”)
Who appropriated, recreated, enriched and expanded the scientific and philosophical legacy?
The Arabs
In 500 and 1500 the scientific and philosophical legacy was translated to..? by?
Latin by the schools of southern Europe (that have contact with Islam)
The scientific and philosophical legacy was taught in 500 and 1500 in..
universities
In 500 and 1500 was establish the basis of later…
medical and biological knowledge
Medieval theology had been forged in the…
Aristotelian mold
The Aristotelian mold made compatible the..
concept of nature (physics) and the existence of God
The Christians consider the scienza nuova a…
space of encounter between philosophers and European scholars
The two major transformations in knowledge are…
- Macrocosm
- Microcosm
The Vesalian Revolution is the…
static conception of anatomy
The Vesalian Revolution is based on..
observation of corpses.
The Vesalian Revolution is solidistic and architectural vision of the human body which describe in relation to:
- Upper/ Lower
- Medial / Lateral
- Anterior / Superior
The Vesalian Revolution is the form of the…
body, isolated from function
The Vesalian Revolution contribute to science at…
- Beginning of the descriptive anatomy
- Creation of chairs of anatomy
- Anatomical theaters
- Vesalian movement
The Copernican Revolution consist of ..
Changing the Earth to the Sun as the center of the Universe.
The Copernican Revolution meant…
- The Earth moves and rotate around the Sun.
- The sun rules the cosmos, occupying the central position.
Changes in natural philosophy:
- Increasing questioning of the principle of authority, of Aristotelianism and Galenism.
- Criticism of speculative knowledge (skepticism) and primacy of sensory perception as a criterion of truth (empiricism).
- Consensus on the need for experiments as a procedure to confirm or refute theories
- Usefulness of mathematics as an instrument of measurement and analysis
The Republic of Letters of 1550-1750 is based on…
handwriting correspondence.
What where the academies?
The Royal Society and L’Académie Royale des Sciences.
When and whose were the emergent scientific journalism?
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society,Journal des Sçavants.
Revolution = …
Sudden change
