NATS 1775 Lecture 8: NATS 1775 Unit 4

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1775
• Professor: Vera Pavri

Document Summary

Nats 1775 unit 4: technology in the renaissance and the early modern period. Ter(cid:373) re(cid:374)aissa(cid:374)(cid:272)e sig(cid:374)als a (cid:862)re(cid:271)irth(cid:863); i(cid:374) part due to i(cid:374)terest i(cid:374) (cid:374)e(cid:449)l(cid:455) re(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered (cid:272)lassi(cid:272)al texts humanists. Revisiting texts that were lost in europe. Many texts recovered after fall of constantinople to turkish army in 1453; transferred to. During the renaissance another philosopher plat, becomes a source of interest. One of the major changes in the renaissance period, include how people view natural philosophy. Rise of nation states linked to costs associated with producing technologies (i. e. gunpowder), building and maintaining armies. Think as natural philosophy as the grandfather to technology. Studying the natural world for its own sake. Do(cid:374)"t use that k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge for a(cid:374)(cid:455) practical purpose. During this time, natural philosophers were beginning to move away from the idea of (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge for k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge sake(cid:863) a(cid:374)d stud(cid:455)i(cid:374)g the u(cid:374)i(cid:448)erse for theologi(cid:272)al purposes. We start to see modern science appear at this time.