Age of Reason

1. Age of Reason You already know

2. Da When n` Da Where • The Age of Reason took place in Europe around the years 1750-1800 • Started in central Europe and spread to England, then the Americas, then a lot of the rest of the world

3. What’s so special about it?? • Gave us things like the Law of Gravity, the Laws of Motion, the Declaration of Independence, and, unfortunately, Calculus • So, a lot of stuff that we don’t like learning about, but is really useful in solving problems today • Kinda makes you wonder if this was when the aliens came down and gave us all this knowledge

4. Who?? What dey write?? • Immanuel Kant • Critique of Pure Reason- purpose was to unite reason with experience and move philosophy on from the debate between rationalists and empiricists • Sir Isaac Newton • Principia Mathematica- laid the foundations for classical mechanics, explaining the Law of Gravity and the Laws of Motion… and you can blame him for Calculus • Voltaire • Candide- which satirizes and criticizes social convention • Jean Jacques Rousseau • The Social Contract- which sought to promote a more egalitarian form of government by consent and formed the basis of modern Republicanism. • Also spread to the Americas with people like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

5. Back den. • This was a time of new thinking and rebirthing • People pretty much threw out the thought that everything can be answered with religion • They started thinking for themselves and finding out the real reasons that things were the way they were • Some reverted back to ancient times • Some applied the new thinking to help them in current situations such as freeing themselves from British rule…merica • Pretty much a bunch of people drinking and getting real philosophical and coming up with stuff that would lay the foundation for a lot of stuff that came after them