SOCB42H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Science In The Medieval Islamic World, Noble Savage, Magical Thinking
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Social evolution: different from evolution of darwin and also from what"s now called socio-darwinism. Enlightment an intellectual movement that stresses rationality as means for improving society, They don"t rely on religious reality which was dominant in the 16th and 17th century. They don"t want to be satisfied with a little bit of traditional knowledge that people have been gathering over time. No body thought of how things worked gravity etc. Learn as much as possible, about nature, history, society, and trying to think about all these rationally (their reason and capability of reason and knowledge) It appeared out of significant social changed which happened in europe in 16th and 17th century in. Reason 1: trade increased (due to the improved transportation) since back then people only stayed within 30 km of their homes and never left that; but people then made better roads more transportation etc. Reason 3: manufacturing work faster if you divide the task.