GNED 1203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Linnaean Taxonomy, Scientific Revolution, Empiricism

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: General Education
• Course: GNED 1203
• Professor: Katja Pettinen

Document Summary

The path to the enlightenment: deep past, emergence of humans, rise of civilizations, medieval europe vs. near east, scientific revolution. Enlightenment: 17th century scientific ideology, gender and science (term paper topic) 1700s: enterprise and capitalism starts to emerge, systematization of gravity, universal laws, popularization or science, public demonstrations, qualitative approaches, quantification (systems of measurement) Galvanism: therapeutic use of direct current for pain relief, and tried to bring back the dead. The rise of empiricism and evolutionary theory (1800s: empiricism, evolutionary theories, and the origins of race. Empiricism: empiricism sets up the stage for scientific positivism, or scientism (20th century, only materially grounded accounts matter, august comte: positivism. Lamarck theory of adaptation, there are no extinctions and species transform over time, the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Origin of species: how did new species emerge, darwin"s theory stated evolution, or change, was a result of natural selection. Survival of the fittest was stated by spencer in colonial terms, not darwin.