Scientific Revolution Pt2
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- Andreas Vesalis
- blood stems from the heart not the liver
- Margaret Cavendish
- women scientist who was rejected form the Royal Society...critical of the thought that humans could dominate nature.
- "to conquer nature in action"
- dominating natue while also benefiting mankind (bacon)
- Philosophical Transactions
- English journals aimed at practicing educated scientists (funded by themselves)
- Principia
- Issac Newton's culmination of theories by galileo, copernicus and kepler. (only embraced in England)
- William Harvey
- laid foundation for modern phisiology with his book - On the Motion of the Heart and blood
- on the Fabric of the Human Body
- Vesalius
- I think therefrore i am
- quote used to describe separation of mind and matter
- Pantheism
- Spinoza's theory that nothing can be apart from god.
- Francis Bacon's inductive method
- carefully organized experiments, new practical methods (christainity has no reson to be put against science)
- Winklemann
- astronomical asst who wa denied a place in Berlin
- Journals de Sevants
- appealed to scientists as well as general public. (propaganda!!)
- New drugs
- chemical treatments advocated by Paracelcus
- Galen
- medieval Greek doctor who relied on animal disection, believed there were two separate blood systems, and depended on the 4 humors for diagnosing patients.
- quelles de femmes
- arguments against women (why they are and always have been inferior)
- Pensees
- Pascal's book that described his feelings about keeping science and religion united, wanted to show christianity doesnt have to be contrary to reason.
- English Royal Society
- Recieved little government support, or funding, tried to appeal mostly to educated scientists.
- Paracelsus
- Rejected work of Galen, and aritstotle, brought about the new chemical philosophy and techniques, "homicide physician"
- French Royal Academy of Sciences
- Recieved state funding and support, payments.
- The Inquisition
- Condemned Galileo's works and froeced him to recant since he used satire relating to the church's view.
- Universal Law of Gravitation
- universal laws- the world is machine held together by gravity.
- on the Motion of the Heart and Blood
- illustarted heart was the beginning point of circulation
- Discourse on a Method
- Descartes believed his exitance was beyond method, and illustrated his use of deductive reasoning with this text.
- Descartes deductive mthod
- Using proven laws