HIST 249 Lecture 10: HIST 249 Lecture 10

• School: McGill University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 249
• Professor: Faith Wallis

Document Summary

Galenism endures because it was flexible absorb new information with threatening fundamental structure: no rivals to him new things shoehorned into galenism. At the same time, the system is collapsing in slow motion, and new options are being tried out (iatrochemistry, iatromechanism, vitalism) Wh(cid:455) this is a (cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) (cid:862)re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:373)us(cid:272)le to(cid:374)e (cid:895) Social and cultural impact: science becomes a defining feature of european civilization. Ke(cid:455) pla(cid:455)e(cid:396)s i(cid:374) eu(cid:396)opea(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) a(cid:396)e (cid:449)illi(cid:374)g to a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept the dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)ies a(cid:374)d thei(cid:396) i(cid:373)pli(cid:272)atio(cid:374) often because these harmonize with their interests (harvey compares absolute monarchy to the movement of blood by the heart) Object: contemplation of divine purpose in the world. Conceptual framework: organic, qualitative: e. g. hot, cold, wet, dry; heavy, light. Method: logic, confirmed and illustrated by experience. Object: observation of innate order in natural world. Conceptual framework: mechanical and mathematical (quantitative: galileo: (cid:862)i hold that (cid:374)othi(cid:374)g exists in external bodies but size, shape, quantity and (cid:373)otio(cid:374)(cid:863)