Human Being in Society - Scientific revolution PDF

Preview

Summary

Practice materials from the Scientifici revolution, Human Being in Society....

Description

Scientific revolution During the Middle Age, a large amount of European intellectuals became interested in the world that surrounded them based from the teachings of Aristotle. Between the XVI and XVII century an intellectual movement raised seeking to regulate society on scientific principles and left behind the magical-religious beliefs they had. Some discoveries related to astronomy were made, and one of these scientists was Copernicus with his heliocentric theory. Keppler postulated the theory of planetary motion and confirmed the theory of Copernicus, Galileo made notorious observations of the universe using a telescope and confirmed the Copernican theory. Some years later, Newton formulated the law of gravity, with its laws he defined how the whole universe moves (Cielo, Castro, & Zaragoza). There were also some significant breakthroughs in science as well, Vesalius, presented a detailed description of the organs and the human structure, and Harvey discovered that the heart was the center of the circulatory system and confirmed that the same blood flows through the veins as well as the arteries. There were also developments in chemistry; Boyle discovered the gas properties and Lavoisier invented a system for naming the elements. The philosopher Rene Descartes began writing about the doubts surrounding him and began what is known as rationalism: thinking system in which reason is the main source of knowledge. During the Scientific Revolution, doubts raised about the world. As a result the scientific method which is a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence using inductive reasoning was created by an English philosopher called Francis Bacon....