HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Romanticism, Judgement Days, Adolphe Quetelet
6 Dec 2020
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First real book printing (1578): made it much easier to correspond and collaborate with each other. *rene descartes (1596-1650): french philosopher (lived in netherlands) *the brain instead of the ventricles (17th century->): started paying attention to the layers and hemispheres. *scientific revolution (17th century ->): name given to a series of discoveries that enhanced the status of science in society. John locke (1632-1740): was influenced by the baconian sciences; wrote an essay concerning human understanding" in 1689, which is generally considered as the start of. He was hugely impressed by newtons book (only two years apart :d). *isaac newton (1643-1727): published his book on gravitational forces and shits in 1687. Figured out the whole universe and the motions by mathematical equations. For psychology he set up a framework in which psych could investigate the mind-body problem. Christian wolff (1679-1754): wrote psychologia empirica (1732) and psychologia rationalis (1734).
