SOAN 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Natural And Legal Rights, Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle
3 Nov 2015
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Thinking machines in relation to scientific revolution. All thoughts and sensations in the mind are produced mechanically by the sences and the brain. Still, early scientists didn"t think a stronger ruler was the solution, the early scientists thought science and rational mind would come to the rescue. Experimenting with the natural world scientific experiments. The scientific revolution was both the expression of the renaissance and its definitive contribution to the modern world view. Copernicus (1473 1543) - planetary movements mathematical formula. Newton (16442 0 1727) establishing gravity as a universal force. Astronomy and science descriptions of the past to the explanations of the future. Philosophers began to think that maybe science could be used to shed new light on moral philosophy scientific techniques could be used to explain how we think, how we understand and how we should live in society. Sir francis bacon (1561 1626) learning new knowledge based on observation. Thomas hobbes (1588 1679) mechanical principles.
