Question 1

Descartes asserted that he would accept only those things that the Bible said were true.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

define the following term:
-Andreas Vesalius

Accepted Answer

Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian anatomist

Question 3

define the following term:
-Nicolaus Copernicus

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-er

Question 4

define the following term:
-Cartesian dualism

Accepted Answer

Cartesian dualism is a philosophical con

Question 5

define the following term:
-heliocentric conception

Accepted Answer

The heliocentric conception refers to th

Question 6

According to Leonardo da Vinci, what subject was the key to understanding the nature of things?

Accepted Answer

A) Astronomy. 
B) Art. 
C) Biology. 
D) The Bible. 
E) Mathematics. 
A) Astronomy. 
B) Art. 
C) Biology. 
D) The Bible. 
E) Mathematics.

Question 7

define the following term:
-Paracelsus

Accepted Answer

Paracelsus, whose real name was Theophra

Question 8

The Scientific Revolution was not a revolution that explosively changed and rapidly overthrew traditional authority, but its results were truly revolutionary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Compare and contrast the methods used by Bacon and Descartes. Would Pascal agree with the methods and interests of these men? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon and René Descartes were bo

Question 10

define the following term:
-the Inquisition

Accepted Answer

The Inquisition refers to a group of ins

Question 11

define the following term:
-Galileo Galilei

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronome

Question 12

define the following term:
-Maria Sibylla Merian

Accepted Answer

Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneering na

Question 13

Galileo is credited with the invention of the calculus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Maria Winkelmann

Accepted Answer

A) was an English aristocrat. 
B) a German astronomer. 
C) became a member of the England's Royal Society for her scientific work. 
D) was the first woman named to a university teaching position. 
E) authored Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam 
A) was an English aristocrat. 
B) a German astronomer. 
C) became a member of the England's Royal Society for her scientific work. 
D) was the first woman named to a university teaching position. 
E) authored Metamorphosis of the Insects of Surinam

Question 15

define the following term:
-empiricism

Accepted Answer

Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine t

Question 16

Organized religions in the seventeenth century

Accepted Answer

A) conceded the accomplishments of science and separated theology from science proper. 
B) rejected scientific discoveries that conflicted with the Christian view of the world. 
C) contributed greatly to scientific research through work in cathedral schools. 
D) largely ignored science as merely a "toy for the minds of God's children." 
E) rapidly reoriented their theologies to accept the findings of modern science. 
A) conceded the accomplishments of science and separated theology from science proper. 
B) rejected scientific discoveries that conflicted with the Christian view of the world. 
C) contributed greatly to scientific research through work in cathedral schools. 
D) largely ignored science as merely a "toy for the minds of God's children." 
E) rapidly reoriented their theologies to accept the findings of modern science.

Question 17

define the following term:
-Tycho Brahe

Accepted Answer

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer and

Question 18

define the following term:
-querelles des femmes

Accepted Answer

The querelles des femmes, or "quarrels o

Question 19

Tycho Brahe agreed with Copernicus that the earth does indeed move.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The author of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy and Grounds of Natural Philosophy was

Accepted Answer

A) Marie-Anne Lavoisier. 
B) Maria Merian. 
C) Margaret Cavendish. 
D) Maria Winkelmann. 
E) Sarah Newton. 
A) Marie-Anne Lavoisier. 
B) Maria Merian. 
C) Margaret Cavendish. 
D) Maria Winkelmann. 
E) Sarah Newton.

Exam 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

Descartes asserted that he would accept only those things that the Bible said were true.

define the following term: -Andreas Vesalius

define the following term: -Nicolaus Copernicus

define the following term: -Cartesian dualism

define the following term: -heliocentric conception

According to Leonardo da Vinci, what subject was the key to understanding the nature of things?

define the following term: -Paracelsus

The Scientific Revolution was not a revolution that explosively changed and rapidly overthrew traditional authority, but its results were truly revolutionary.

Compare and contrast the methods used by Bacon and Descartes. Would Pascal agree with the methods and interests of these men? Why or why not?

define the following term: -the Inquisition

define the following term: -Galileo Galilei

define the following term: -Maria Sibylla Merian

Galileo is credited with the invention of the calculus.

Maria Winkelmann

define the following term: -empiricism

Organized religions in the seventeenth century

define the following term: -Tycho Brahe

define the following term: -querelles des femmes

Tycho Brahe agreed with Copernicus that the earth does indeed move.

The author of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy and Grounds of Natural Philosophy was

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