SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Scientific Revolution, Empiricism, Treaties Of The European Union
2 Mar 2013
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Thinking machines in relation to scientific revolution. Attempts to use new science of today to explain man and society. When we perceive something, our perception is sent to the brain. Sometimes tells us things we want to hear, and see"s things we want to see. All thoughts and sensations in the mind are produced mechanically be the senses and the brain. Early scientists didn"t think a strong ruler was the solution, but thought that science and rational mind would come to the rescue. People need to be detached from personal feelings/thoughts. Before the 17th century, no one had figured out how to apply math to philosophy. New physics started to replace religious thought. From scientists copernicus, kepler, galileo, descartes, and newton. Direct observation was no longer related with science. The world had to look at science differently because it was changing. Visual study and new science was very different in thought compared to the renaissance.
