POLI 1001 Chapter : Page 7
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Where did the scientific revolutions happen: not in universities, royal academies (set up by monarchs, noble estates, jesuit colleges, books and letters (in latin) Did scientists see their work as contradictory to religion: no, they saw themselves as men of faith. Four kinds of causes: not based on experiments or math but very philosophical and abstract. Where does the scientific revolution took root and spread: paris academy of science founded by the king, royal society of london isaac newton was a president, non university institutions. How do we even know the world exists: ultimate skeptic, answer: we all have a mind that tells us we exist. The truth of our existence is our cognition: god gave us minds and the ability to reason, think rationally and solve problems, the basis of rationalism, our knowledge of the world precedes our senses. We can know the world without sensing it: dualism = mind vs. matter, natural world doesn"t have free will.
