Exam 4: The Beginnings of Modern Science and Philosophy

The Renaissance humanists desired a more personal,less formal,and less ritualistic religion.

Among the Renaissance humanists,Skepticism was most clearly demonstrated by:

Newton believed all of the following about the universe except:

According to Bacon,scientific theory:

Describe Newton's view of God's relation to the universe.

Galileo believed all of the following except:

Copernicus' heliocentric system stated that the earth revolved around the sun and thus the sun was divine.

Galileo made a sharp distinction between objective and subjective reality.These concepts refer to which respectively?

Martin Luther followed whose lead in criticizing the Catholic Church?

History has shown that Bacon's inductive approach to science was largely ignored.However,____ and his followers adopted Bacon's philosophy of science.

Pico argued that:

Bacon believed that to understand nature,we must study it directly and objectively.

Newton's views did not agree with the idea of deism.

Pico believed all of the following except:

The Renaissance humanists wanted religion to be:

According to Descartes,when a sense receptor was stimulated,"delicate threads" were pulled and cavities in the brain were opened,thereby releasing ____ into the nerves.

Discuss Descartes' description of the mechanistic reflex and the nervous system.

According to Bacon,blind allegiance to dogma,authority,or tradition constituted the:

Descartes' method included intuition and induction.

Briefly describe the major themes of Renaissance humanism.