1. Scientific Revolution

6. Major figures of the Scientific Revolution
Astronomy
Copernicus (Polish, ) (scientist)
Johannes Kepler (German, ) (mathematician)

7. Galileo Galilei (Italian, 1564-1642)
Andreas Vesalius ( )

8. Paracelsus ( )
William Harvey ( )

9. Sir Francis Bacon (English politician; 1561-1628) Inductive reasoning
Scientific Method
Sir Francis Bacon (English politician; )
Inductive reasoning
Specific to the general
Observation & experimental
research
Every time you eat peas
you get woozy.
Therefore you get woozy
because you eat peas.

11. Rene Descartes (1596-1650; French mathematician)
“I think therefore I am”
Doubts everything but this
Deductive Reasoning
From general to specific
All X are Y
All Y are Z
Therefore all X are Z

12. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727; English thinker)
Science could be used to prove existence of God
Physical laws (based on mathematics)
In absence of force, motion continues in a straight line
The rate of change in motion of an object is a result of the forces acting upon it
For every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction
Law of Gravitation

13. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662; French mathematician)
Human position within the universe - how does God fit in?
Better to believe than to deny God.