HIS-3464 Study Guide - Gaia Hypothesis, Black Death, Analytical Psychology
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Hots final exam study guide: enlightenment- cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries, first in europe. Reformed using reason based in the scientific method, not faith: rene descartes- cartesian . Believed science and math could explain nature and described the universe in terms of matter and motion. Believed in god and doubted his own existence: mechanical philosophy- belief that living things are like machines. Opposed aristotle: comte de buffon- a french naturalist that later influenced lamarck and. Held position of intendant at the jardin du roi: isaac newton- englishman who proved the three laws of motion. This theory combined with kepler"s laws, removed any doubts about heliocentrism and advanced the scientific revolution: laws of motion- ~first: if an object experiences no net force, then its velocity is constant. ~second: acceleration is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.
