1. 16th, 17th & 18th Century Directions in Thought
The Scientific Revolution

2. Do Now: Compare & Contrast the diagrams…

3. Create a Multi-Flow Map of the Scientific Revolution

4. What is this event called the Scientific Revolution?
A new way of thinking about the universe and the world based on…
Questioning
Observing
Drawing New Conclusions
Mid – 1500s >>> Late 1700s

5. What caused the Scientific Revolution to occur?
Renaissance influence…
Curiosity
Classical Manuscripts re-discovered
Muslim Scholars preserve & translate
Reformation influence… Challenge Church
Exploration & Discovery create new questions & needs

6. What were the Scientific Revolution’s Effects?
New Theories of the Universe
Geo-centrism >> Helio-centrism (Copernicus + Galileo)
New Techniques: 5-Stage Scientific Method
Observe > Q > Hypothesis > Experiment > Conclude
New Leaders
Kepler / Newton / Bacon / Descartes = I Think…
New Ideas
Empiricism / Rationality / Gravity /Mechanism / Analytical Geometry
New Inventions
Telescope / Microscope / Thermometer / Prism
New Fields of Science
Astronomy / Physics / Anatomy / Chemistry / Medicine

7. What were the Scientific Revolution’s Effects?
New Leaders = Philosophers & Scientists
Newton
Laws of Motion / Gravity / Inertia
Bacon
Father of Empiricism…
Source of knowledge = senses + experience
Knowledge should yield results
New knowledge = ↑ power
Descartes = I Think .∙. I Am
Doubt Everything > Think it through
Deductive Reasoning
… from general > specific
… from basic premise > conclusion

8. What were the Scientific Revolution’s Effects?
New Application of Reason to Society
Hobbes vs. Locke… human nature?
University study / Academic Societies
New Roles for Women of Rank
Assist / Write but… “Glass Ceiling”
New Science v. Religion
Church challenges new ideas… Galileo
Atheism / Deism / Mechanism
Pascal = reason alone insufficient, faith required
Bacon = “physico-theology”
New Ideas v. Old Superstition
Witch Hunts
New Style of Art / Music / Architecture = Baroque>