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- 6. a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world
- 9. , Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation.
- 13. 17th century French philosopher; wrote Discourse on Method; 1st principle "i think therefore i am"; believed mind and matter were completly seperate; known as father of modern rationalism
- 14. literally, earth-centered; a system of planetary motion that places Earth at the cent of the universe, with the sun, moon, and other planets revolving around it
- 15. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
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- 1. Someone who studies wisdom
- 2. a system of thought expounded by Rene Descartes based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge.
- 3. the greatest of the classical composers.
- 4. (1473-1543) concluded that the sun is the center of our solar system. Heliocentric Theory or Copernicus Theory. He wrote "On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres"
- 5. Improved upon Copernicus's theory by showing that the planetary orbits were ellipses (ovals) not circles; wrote mathematical laws describing the movement of the planets
- 7. English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method.
- 8. figured out that the sun was at the center of the galaxy with his telescope. He also invented the microscope. He was the father of experimental science.
- 10. a period when philosophers believed that they could apply the scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically.
- 11. literally, sun-centered; the system of the universe proposed in 1543 by Nicolause Copernicus, who argued that the earth and planets revolve around the sun
- 12. British scientist who defined the laws of motion, discovered gravity by explaining the motion of the universe, experimented with optics, invented differential calculus and wrote "Principia".
