Anthropology 2226A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Andreas Vesalius, Lamarckism, Social Darwinism
15 Sep 2016
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1543: beginnings of a new view of nature. In 1543, de revolutionibus orbium coelestium (on the revolutions of the heavenly. Spheres) by nicholas copernicus is published shortly after his death: copernicus presented a heliocentric view of our solar system, with earth, the moon, and the other planets all orbiting the sun. Andreas vesalius publishes the ground-breaking de humani corporis fabrica, or the. Fabric of the human body, presenting human dissections in detail for the first time. Empiricism (i. e. , an empirical approach) was the most direct way to gain new knowledge through accurate descriptions of things: new knowledge might be established in formalized and generalized ways. Subsequently, the 17th century (1600-1699) saw major scientific advancements, ushering in (by 1650) the age of enlightenment (or, the age of reason ) First observes the largest jovian (or, galilean) moons orbiting jupiter. Rene descartes: french mathematician & philosopher. Establishes system for mapping in two dimensions x, y points in cartesian planes.
