GNED 1203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scientific Revolution, Neolithic Revolution, Fertile Crescent
6 Feb 2020
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Science in the modern context modern science started around enlightenment and 1800s. What is science: the scientific method, systematic observation, followed by explanation, an account of the phenomenon. The rise of civilizations: human species over 200,000 years old, humans didn"t start farming until 12,000 years ago, neolithic revolution, earliest cities in the fertile crescent around 6000 bce, key features of civilizations include: writing and debt. Western europe: the scientific revolution copernicus, vesalius, galileo, and the erosion of the great chain of. Being : the enlightenment descartes and newton, both these events are eurocentric in nature, the question of existence, or ontology the study of existence, the mediator between the medieval world and the enlightenment is the scientific revolution. The great chain of being: the medieval account of existence, claimed hell was beneath us and heaven was above. Scientific revolution: the gradual shift on how to approach the nature of existence (ontology)
