Unit Four, Assignment Seven

Reading: pp. 459-470

Prompt:  Explain the development of the scientific method in the seventeenth century and the impact of scientific thinking on traditional sources of authority.


  1. Paracelsus
  2. Andreas Vesalius
  3. William Harvey
  4. Robert Boyle
  5. Margaret Cavendish
  6. Maria Winkelman
  7. René Descartes
  8. Cartesian Dualism
  9. Deductive reasoning
  10. Rationalism
  11. Royal Society
  12. Francis Bacon
  13. Inductive reasoning
  14. Scientific method
  15. Empiricism
  16. Baruch Spinoza
  17. Blaise Pascal


Jay's Comments:  Back to normal... Two assigments ago, it took me 15 minutes to do the identifications.  Last assignment, I took 30 minutes.  It looks like this one will take me eight hours.  If you have a class with me tomorrow, look for me to be physically, but not mentally present.

10 comments:

۰Қåїŧ۰ said...

Hahaha.... oh, boy. What a week. I apologize in advance if I break down and start crying in the middle of class.

Jay said...

lol... i don't blame you; right now, i need a nap and some key lime pie...

TechShep said...

whats this about key lime pie?!? You had better share some with me!

۰Қåїŧ۰ said...

Psh... Banana cream pie is so much better. Or pecan pie... mmmmm...

Jay said...

nuh-uh

Jay said...

Watch this video

Shanda Lier said...

Haha that's a funny video! Personally, strawberry-rhubarb pie is the best.

۰Қåїŧ۰ said...

Hahaha... nice, Jay. I still say that Banana pie is better. Xp

Jay said...

key lime, hands down, no battle

(that means NO BATTLE)

۰Қåїŧ۰ said...

Hahaha... good luck with that. I say we vote. You should put up a poll.