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The Scientific Revolution. How would you react to a revolutionary idea?. Roots. Mid 1500’s – 1700’s – precedes and runs alongside the Enlightenment. Scientific Revolution- A new way to think about the natural world. Skepticism – Having a doubting, or questioning attitude.
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The Scientific Revolution How would you react to a revolutionary idea?
Roots • Mid 1500’s – 1700’s – precedes and runs alongside the Enlightenment. • Scientific Revolution- A new way to think about the natural world. • Skepticism – Having a doubting, or questioning attitude. - Much of the skeptical attitude was a result of the Reformation and the violent wars that followed. • Reason vs. Faith – Reason is to think and come to a conclusion through observation and logic. - Many people in this era began to question the blind faith and focus on reason and experimentation.
The 16th – 18th centuryThe Modern Western Mind is Born The Renaissance – Begins to question centuries of tradition and introduces a new secular outlook on the world. The Reformation and Religious Wars bring into question many things taught by centuries of Christianity. The Scientific Revolution begins to further question blind and uses the power of reason and observation. Absolutism is born, which creates strong centralized, and secular governments. THE ENLIGTENMENT – Applies the reason of the Scientific Revolution and skepticism to create new MODERN ideas on society and government. Constitutionalism evolves alongside Absolutism and provides an alternative to absolute power. TO THE FUTURE!!!!
The Revolutionaries 1-3 L-R Kepler Copernicus Newton 4-6 L-R Galileo Descartes Ptolemy
Conflict with the Church • Galileo’s findings went against the church. • They felt if the masses believed him and questioned the church about it; what else would they question? • They put Galileo on trial and he confessed that he was wrong. • He spent the rest of his days under house arrest.
