1.If the earth moves around the sun‚ then we ought to observe a stellar parallax. 2.There is no observable stellar parallax. 3.Therefore‚ the earth does not move around the sun. The argument is valid (i.e.‚ modus tollens)‚ the first premise seems quite reasonable and the second premise was in fact true—no one before‚ during or for almost three centuries after Copernicus had Figure 8.9 216 common sense logic ever observed any stellar parallax. Yet‚ Copernicus had anticipated this objection and
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La’Shanda Yvette Love 09/17/2013 History 538 Prophets of Modern Science The accomplishments of the Scientific Revolution are characterized as the greatest inquisition into the nature of human intellect and science in Modern History. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the educational systems were subjugated by Aristotelian-Ptolemaic (doctrine of the Ancient Grecians Aristotle and Ptolemy) scholars’ intent on solely teaching an individual’s relationship between nature‚ society‚ and God
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Today‚ we have a thorough understanding of the structure of our universe. We know that the earth is round‚ is the third planet from the sun‚ and the sun is the center of our universe. We also know that the space around our universe simply goes on forever - it is infinite. We know a great deal more‚ but these are the basics‚ and it is these fundamental facts that took humans so long to truly understand. It took mankind thousands of years of study and observation to accurately know the universe‚ and
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In the 1500’s and 1600’s‚ some startling discoveries radically changed the way Europeans viewed how and why things happened in the physical world. Three scientists who contributed to these changed were Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. These scientist changed some beliefs of which many had been believed for all of time. For almost all of time‚ the geocentric theory was believed to be true. This theory suggested that all planets revolved around the Earth. In 1543‚ Polish scholar
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The scientific revolution was a period of time‚ during the 16th and 17th centuries in which historical changes in intellectual thoughts and beliefs took place The changes occurred in two different areas‚ astronomy (the solar system) and biology (anatomy and physiology).This revolution was such a major milestone for man because it changed the way people looked at the world of nature and man. The emergence of the scientific revolution was brought about by several intellectuals; Copernicus‚ Galilei
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1. Silver question from the week 12 reading. Describe the role of silver in global commerce between 1450 and 1750. According to Strayer’s text‚ silver in the global commerce between the years 1450-1750 “went around the world and made the world go round”. My interpretation of this would be that the world and global commerce during this time depended on silver to thrive. Silver became the top reason for trade during this frame of time. The first link to be developed between America and Asia was brought
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From 1450 to 1750‚ Europe underwent significant cultural changes in religion and science. However‚ the air of skepticism and the utilization of literature remained constant throughout the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution. During the time period of 1550-1700‚ The Scientific Revolution brought about many changes in religion as compared to the preceding Renaissance movement. For example‚ religious realizations of the Italian Renaissance revolved around the idea of Humanism. Although the Catholic
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Although many historians may argue that the culture of the Renaissance maintained societies in Medieval Europe‚ however the culture of the Renaissance developed societies of Medieval Europe because science became more advanced. According to the pictures of Document B‚ before Copernicus‚ people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Then when Copernicus stated that the sun was the center of the universe‚ he got into trouble with the church‚ and everyone thought he was crazy. Today
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Scientific Revolution: Galileo Galilei The scientific revolution is truly a revolution in that people started to question commonly held beliefs and replace them with new ideas that not only made people rethink the universe they lived in but also their religious beliefs. The early scholars discussed in Chapter 16 of Joshua Cole and Carol Syme’s textbook Western Civilizations did not set out to change people’s religious beliefs‚ rather bring better explanations for these commonly held beliefs. An
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How many individuals today consider their core values? What would the response of a teenager be if they were confronted with a question concerning their virtues? A typical teenager would most likely have no idea. It can be argued that the lack of awareness of core values in today’s society is rather frightening‚ just how would individuals cope if they are tested in a time of conflict‚ especially in a civilisation where we encouraged to be selfish‚ greedy and oblivious to our beliefs. It is true that
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