BI SC 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Inductive Reasoning, Scientific Method, Carl Linnaeus
17 Oct 2016
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Major contributions in the field of astronomy: father of observational astronomy . Described: the moon, saturn"s rings, jupiter"s satellites. Believed copernicus was correct about his model of the universe. Put on trial for heresy and spent the rest of his life on house arrest. Advocated the scientific method: father of empiricism . Realized that the human way of thinking was: flawed. Altered our perception of the natural world. Argued that scientific knowledge should only be based on: 1) humans tend to exaggerate or distort events: use them to draw conclusions that are not accurate. 2) personal tastes are not a basis for all knowledge. 3) people use the same world but they may have very different meanings: this often introduces confusions into a discussion of some natural phenomena. 4) people are more likely to stick to what they know rather than accept a new idea. Laid foundation for rationalism: i think, therefore i am .
