Refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to
changes in social & institutional organization,
that unfolded in Europe between roughly
1550-1700
Science emerged as a distinct mode of
inquiry in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries during this period.
Began with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), who asserted a heliocentric
cosmos.
It ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727), who
proposed universal laws and a Mechanical
Universe.
EMPIRICISM
Is a theory that states that knowledge
comes only or primarily from sensory
experience.
It is one of several views of epistemology,
the study of human knowledge, along with
rationalism and skepticism.
Emphasizes the role of empirical evidence
in the formation of ideas, over the idea of
innate ideas or traditions
RATIONALISM
Is the epistemological
view that "regards
reason as the chief
source and test of
knowledge or any view
appealing to reason as
a source of knowledge
or justification.
Is defined as a methodology or a theory
"in which the criterion of the truth is
not sensory but intellectual and
deductive"
EVOLUTIONISM
Evolutionism is a world-view, which seeks to
explain every aspect of this world in which we
live.
It encompasses a wide variety of topics, from
astronomy to chemistry to biology.
At its core, it teaches that there were different stages in the
evolution of our universe
POSITIVISM
Is a philosophical theory stating that certain
("positive") knowledge is based on natural phenomena
and their properties and relations.
Positivism also holds that society, like the physical world,
operates according to general laws. Introspective and
intuitive knowledge is rejected, as are metaphysics and
theology.