NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Ancient Greek Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Plough
3 Jun 2013
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Nats 1760 lecture 3b medieval science and technology in europe: medieval science. Dark ages reference to medieval age is because (1) china/islamic time interest in science while medieval weren"t (2) problem: the dark ages is only describing the beginning of the behaviour. Early medieval europe science was not widely regarded carefully examine material in light of themes: continuity/discontinuity in scientific thought (hint: translation); science and religion (theology); science in cross-cultural contexts. Many early leaders hostile towards scientific inquiries. Islamic scholars (logic, mathematics, medicine, alchemy, astrology, optics) not just preservation of knowledge; these scholars had expanded on works of greeks. By 9th century transition takes place in europe successive invasions make life difficult in europe pursuit of knowledge no longer top priority. Greek texts survive in east; later translated. Church teachings mixture of natural philosophy and spirituality. The rise of universities universities founded in 12th century coincides with growth of cities and increased wealth brought about by agriculture revolution (see below)
