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

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Ethics Demonstrated in the Geometrical Manner

Which of these ancient authorities was not relied on by medieval scholars?

IDENTIFICATIONS -French Royal Academy of Sciences

For Blaise Pascal, humans

Which one of the following comments best summarizes the impact of the Scientific Revolution on Western Civilization?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Francis Bacon's inductive method

Johannes Kepler was the first astronomer to show that

What was rationalism? Why is Descartes considered the founder of "modern rationalism"?

It was William Harvey who argued that disease was not caused by an imbalance of the four bodily humors, but was due to chemical imbalances that could be treated by chemical remedies.

The philosophy of René Descartes

IDENTIFICATIONS -On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Scientific Method

Newton's contribution to astronomy was to prove that

The overall effect of the Scientific Revolution on the argument about women was to

IDENTIFICATIONS -Johannes Kepler

Benedict Spinoza believed that women

Following upon Copernicus's heliocentric theories

IDENTIFICATIONS -On the Fabric of the Human Body