SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shapeshifting, Scientific Revolution
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Galileo (italy)- empirical examination of generalizations about nature. Two objects of different weight fall at the same time, the sun at the. Isaac newton (england) - combines observations of different kinds with from the ancient world center of the universe mathematical equations. Many observations of the physical world was in conflict with what we normally believe it. The use of math to create scientific laws. Without faith, ordinary truth cannot be touched. Christianity makes faith central to human knowledge. We now, through science, have the means to finding universal truth, therefore religion has been wrong and taught us superstition. The church hates science because they know it"s the pathway to the truth. Hume: galileo"s findings can"t be generalized from a single case. Even if you drop a million weights, you cannot prove it will happen to the next one after that unless you drop the next one.
